MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE
September 23, 2021
| Cases | |
| Number of new community cases | 15 (3 are currently unlinked, 2 are contacts of cases and 10 are household contacts). |
| Number of new cases identified at the border | Two (one historical) |
| Location of new cases | Auckland |
| Location of community cases (total) | Auckland (including 4 cases in Upper Hauraki) 1106 (844 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered); |
| Number of community cases (total) | 1123 (in current community outbreak) |
| Cases infectious in the community | 10 (43%) of yesterday’s cases have exposure events |
| Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious | 13 (57%) of yesterday’s cases |
| Cases epidemiologically linked | 12 of today’s cases |
| Cases to be epidemiologically linked | 3 of today’s cases |
| Cases epidemiologically linked (total) | 1088 (in current cluster) (14 unlinked from past fortnight) |
| Number of sub-clusters | Ten epidemiologically linked sub-clusters. Of these, two are active, six are contained and two are dormant. There are 13 epidemiologically unlinked sub-clusters. Of these, four are active, two are contained and seven are dormant |
| Cases in hospital | 15 (total): North Shore (1): Auckland (4); Middlemore (10). |
| Cases in ICU or HDU | Three |
| Confirmed cases (total) | 3779 since pandemic began |
| Historical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total) | 153 out of 1,961 since 1 Jan 2021 |
| Contacts | |
| Number of active contacts being managed (total) | 1137 |
| Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) | 90% |
| Percentage with at least one test result | 89% |
| Locations of interest | |
| Locations of interest (total) | 132 (as at 10am 21 September) |
| Tests | |
| Number of tests (total) | 3,287,055 |
| Total number of laboratory tests processed (last 24 hours) | 19,194 |
| Tests rolling average (last 7 days) | 13,740 |
| Swabs taken in Auckland (last 24 hours) | 8370 |
| Testing centres in Auckland | 22 |
| Wastewater | |
| Wastewater detections | No unexpected detections in ESR’s latest testing |
| Covid-19 vaccine update | |
| Vaccines administered to date (total) | 4,867,818: 1st doses: 3,171,029; 2nd doses: 1,696,789 |
| Vaccines administered yesterday (total) | 49,667: 1st doses: 24,339; 2nd doses: 25,338 |
| Māori | 1st doses: 301,435; 2nd doses: 148,527 |
| Pacific Peoples | 1st doses: 194,609; 2nd doses: 103,649 |
| NZ Covid-19 tracer | |
| Registered users (total) | 3,245,226 |
| Poster scans (total) | 378,191,688 |
| Manual diary entries (total) | 16,852,091 |
| Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday | 2,510,433 |
New cases identified at the border
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
| 21 September | Russia | United Arab Emirates | Day 0 / Routine | Auckland |
Historical cases identified at the border
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
| 6 September | Thailand | Singapore | Day 12 / routine | Auckland |
