Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
More than 21,000 vaccine doses given yesterday; 79 cases in hospital; 125 community cases
More than 21,000 vaccine doses given yesterday; 79 cases in hospital; 125 community cases

COVID-19 vaccine update |
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Total first and second vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people) |
7,078,006: 3,760,824 first doses (89%); 3,317,182 second doses (79%) |
Total first and second vaccines administered yesterday |
21,192: 5,103 first doses; 16,089 second doses |
Mâori (percentage of eligible people) |
754,271: 425,891 first doses (75%); 328,380 second doses (58%) |
Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people) |
458,698: 249,022 first doses (87%); 209,676 second doses (73%) |
Total first and second vaccines administered to Auckland residents yesterday |
6,337: 1,428 first doses; 4,909 second doses |
Vaccination rates by DHB (with active cases) |
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Northland DHB (percentage of eligible people |
241,152: 130,622 first doses (81%); 110,530 second doses (69%) |
Auckland metro DHBs (percentage of eligible people |
2,522,292: 1,321,195 first doses (92%); 1,201,097 second doses (84%) |
Waikato DHB (percentage of eligible people |
586,564; 314,434 first doses (88%); 272,130 second doses (76%) |
Canterbury DHB (percentage of eligible people |
828,679: 447,432 first doses (93%); 381,247 second doses (79%) |
Hospitalisations |
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Cases in hospital |
79 inpatients (down from 81 yesterday): North Shore (25); Waitakere (1); Middlemore (25); Auckland (28) |
Vaccination status of current hospitalised cases |
Unvaccinated or not eligible (40 cases/ 51%); partially vaccinated<14 days (10 cases / 13%) partially vaccinated >14 days (15 cases / 19 %); fully vaccinated <14 days (2 cases / 2%) fully vaccinated >14 days (8 cases /10%); unknown (4 cases / 5%) |
Average age of current hospitalisations |
51 |
Cases in ICU or HDU |
Nine |
Cases |
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Seven day rolling average of community cases |
148 |
Number of new community cases |
125 |
Number of new cases identified at the border |
Three |
Location of new community cases * |
Auckland (117), Waikato (2) Northland (6) |
Location of community cases (total) * |
Auckland 4,452 (1,776 of whom have recovered); Waikato 165 (72 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered); Northland 27 (6 of whom have recovered); Nelson/Marlborough 1 (who has recovered); Canterbury 4 (all active) |
Number of community cases (total) |
4,666 (in current community outbreak) |
Confirmed cases (total) |
7,414 |
Historical cases |
189 out of 5,601 cases since 1 January |
Cases infectious in the community** |
49 of 185 cases reported yesterday have exposure events |
Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious** |
136 of 185 cases reported yesterday have no exposure events |
Cases epidemiologically linked |
66 of today’s cases |
Cases to be epidemiologically linked |
59 of today’s cases |
Cases epidemiologically linked (total) |
3,702 (in the current cluster) (695 unlinked from the past 14 days) |
Contacts |
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Number of active contacts being managed (total): |
4,318 |
Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) |
76% |
Percentage who have returned at least one result |
71% |
Locations of interest |
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Locations of interest (total) |
155 (as at 8am 9 November) |
Tests |
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Number of tests (total) |
4,315,626 |
Number of tests total (last 24 hours) |
17,481 |
Tests processed in Auckland (last 24 hours) |
13,543 |
Tests rolling average (last 7 days) |
26,045 |
Testing centres in Auckland |
19 |
Wastewater |
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Wastewater detections |
No unexpected detections |
NZ COVID Tracer |
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Registered users (total) |
3,352,715 |
Poster scans (total) |
489,131,681 |
Manual diary entries (total) |
19,814,899 |
Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday |
2,051,624 |