MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE
September 16, 2021
| Cases | |
| Number of new community cases | 13 |
| Number of new cases identified at the border | Five (two of these cases are historical) |
| Location of new cases | Auckland |
| Location of community cases (total) | Auckland 979 (445 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (15 of whom have recovered) |
| Number of community cases (total) | 996 (in current community outbreak) |
| Cases infectious in the community | Five (42%) of yesterday’s cases have exposure events |
| Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious | 7 (58%) of yesterday’s cases |
| Cases epidemiologically linked | 10 of today’s cases |
| Cases to be epidemiologically linked | Three of today’s cases |
| Cases epidemiologically linked (total) | 966 (in current cluster) (10 unlinked from past fortnight) |
| Number of sub-clusters | Nine epidemiologically linked sub-clusters. The three largest sub-clusters are the Māngere church group: 381; and Birkdale social network cluster: 77; secondary community transmission associated with the Māngere church group 164. There are ten epidemiologically unlinked sub-clusters. |
| Cases in hospital | 19 (total): North Shore (3); Auckland (6); Middlemore (10) |
| Cases in ICU or HDU | Four |
| Confirmed cases (total) | 3643 since pandemic began |
| Historical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total) | 149 out of 1,825 since 1 Jan 2021 |
| Contacts | |
| Number of active contacts being managed (total) | 963 |
| Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) | 95% |
| Percentage with at least one test result | 90% |
| Locations of interest | |
| Locations of interest (total) | 129 (as at 10am 16 September) |
| Tests | |
| Number of tests (total) | 3,190,907 |
| Number of tests total (last 24 hours) | 17,578 |
| Tests rolling average (last 7 days) | 13,000 |
| Tests in Auckland (last 24 hours) | 9100 |
| Testing centres in Auckland | 22 |
| Wastewater | |
| Wastewater detections | A follow up sample has been collected from Snells Beach, following the reported detection yesterday, with results expected in the coming days |
| Covid-19 vaccine update | |
| Vaccines administered to date (total) | 4,507,944; 1st doses: 2,978,105; 2nd doses: 1,529,839 |
| Vaccines administered yesterday (total) | 62,782; 1st doses: 39,775; 2nd doses: 23,007 |
| Māori | 1st doses: 278,614; 2nd doses: 133,830 |
| Pacific Peoples | 1st doses:180,003; 2nd doses: 92,498 |
| NZ Covid-19 tracer | |
| Registered users (total) | 3,222,022 |
| Poster scans (total) | 361,367,341 |
| Manual diary entries (total) | 16,366,712 |
| Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday | 2,458,985 |
New cases identified at the border
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
| 4 September | Iran | United Arab Emirates | Day 10 / contact of a case | Auckland |
| *13 September | United States of America | Singapore | Day 1 / routine | Hamilton |
| *13 September | United States of America | Singapore | Day 1 / routine | Hamilton |
*These cases are in a travel bubble together
Historical cases identified at the border
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
| 11 September | Jordan | United Arab Emirates | Day 0 / routine | Christchurch |
| 11 September | Sri Lanka | United Arab Emirates | Day 0 / routine | Christchurch |
