September 21, 2021
| Cases | |
| Number of new community cases * | 14 |
| Number of new cases identified at the border | One historical case |
| Location of new cases | Auckland, Upper Hauraki |
| Location of community cases (total) | Auckland (including 4 cases in Upper Hauraki*) 1068 (773 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered); |
| Number of community cases (total) | 1085 (in current community outbreak) |
| Cases infectious in the community | Nine (41%) of yesterday’s cases have exposure events |
| Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious | 10 (45%) of yesterday’s cases |
| Cases epidemiologically linked | 13 of today’s cases |
| Cases to be epidemiologically linked | One of today’s cases |
| Cases epidemiologically linked (total) | 1054 (in current cluster) (10 unlinked from past fortnight) |
| Number of sub-clusters | Ten epidemiologically linked sub-clusters. Of these, two are active, seven are contained and one is dormant. There are eleven epidemiologically unlinked sub-clusters. Of these, three are active, three are contained and five are dormant |
| Cases in hospital | 15 (total): North Shore (1); Auckland (4); Middlemore (10). |
| Cases in ICU or HDU | Four |
| Confirmed cases (total) | 3739 since pandemic began |
| Historical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total) | 152 out of 1921 since 1 Jan 2021 |
| Contacts | |
| Number of active contacts being managed (total) | 1375 |
| Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) | 87% |
| Percentage with at least one test result | 84% |
| Locations of interest | |
| Locations of interest (total) | 135 (as at 10am 21 September) |
| Tests | |
| Number of tests (total) | 3,248,982 |
| Total number of laboratory tests processed (last 24 hours) | 8346 |
| Tests rolling average (last 7 days) | 12,971 |
| Swabs taken in Auckland (last 24 hours) | 8588 |
| Testing centres in Auckland | 24 |
| Wastewater | |
| Wastewater detections | No unexpected detections in ESR’s latest testing |
| Covid-19 vaccine update | |
| Vaccines administered to date (total) | 4,762,679; 1st doses: 3,118,082; 2nd doses: 1,644,597 |
| Vaccines administered yesterday (total) | 50,196; 1st doses: 24,522; 2nd doses: 25,674 |
| Mâori | 1st doses: 294,099; 2nd doses: 143,416 |
| Pacific Peoples | 1st doses: 190,538, 2nd doses: 100,575 |
| NZ Covid-19 tracer | |
| Registered users (total) | 3,237,146 |
| Poster scans (total) | 373,119,386 |
| Manual diary entries (total) | 16,706,087 |
| Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday | 2,127,881 |
Historical cases identified at the border
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
| 17 September | United States of America | Direct flight | Day 0 / routine | Christchurch |
*Today’s cases
Today’s number of community cases includes one positive result from Upper Hauraki. This was a household contact who was tested yesterday.
Two previously confirmed cases from Saturday and from yesterday have now been reclassified as under investigation. As a result, today’s net increase is 13 cases.
