Daily COVID-19 update - 27 community cases

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Daily COVID-19 update - 27 community cases

Media release from the Ministry of Health

Saturday 2 October 2021, 01:02 PM

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There are 27 new community cases today. 14 of these are household contacts, eight are known contacts and five are under investigation to determine how they are linked to the current outbreak.

Due to the highly infectious nature of the Delta variant within households, we expect to see fluctuations in case numbers at this stage in the outbreak.

22,041 tests were taken yesterday, including more than 13,083 swabs taken in the Auckland region.

We would like to thank everyone in Tāmaki Makaurau who has come forward to be tested.

Yesterday 2,878 tests were received from our seven suburbs of interest. We are encouraging anyone living in these suburbs, both with and without COVID-19 symptoms, to get tested. These suburbs are Clover Park, Māngere, Favona, Manurewa, Mount Wellington/Sylvia Park, Henderson and Papakura.

Cases
Number of new community cases	27
*Number of new cases identified at the border	One
Location of new community cases	Auckland
Location of community cases (total)	Auckland (including four cases in Upper Hauraki; all of whom are in the same household) 1,277 (1,051 of whom have recovered); Waikato 1; Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered)
Number of community cases (total)	1,295 (in current community outbreak)
Cases infectious in the community	Ten of yesterday’s 19 cases have exposure events
Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious	Nine of yesterday’s 19 cases
Cases epidemiologically linked	22 of today’s 27 cases.
Cases to be epidemiologically linked	Five of today’s 27 cases. Investigations are continuing to determine a link.
Cases epidemiologically linked (total)	1,263 (in the current cluster) (Ten unlinked from the past fortnight).
Number of sub-clusters	15 epidemiologically linked subclusters. Of these, three are active, eight are contained and four are dormant. There are 14 epidemiologically unlinked subclusters. Of these, three are active, four are contained and seven are dormant.
Cases in hospital	22 (total): North Shore (3); Middlemore (13); Auckland (6)
Cases in ICU or HDU	Three
Confirmed cases (total)	3,962 since pandemic began
**Historical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total)	163 out of 2,145 since 1 Jan 2021
Contacts
Number of active contacts being managed (total):	1,002
Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements)	81%
Percentage with at least one test result	70%
Locations of interest
Locations of interest (total)	98 (as at 12pm 2 October)
Tests
Number of tests (total)	3,419,544
Number of tests total (last 24 hours)	22,041
Tests processed in Auckland (last 24 hours)	13,083
Tests rolling average (last 7 days)	14,765
Testing centres in Auckland	18
Wastewater
Wastewater detections	No unexpected detections in the last 24 hours
COVID-19 vaccine update
Vaccines administered to date (total)	5,269,060; 1^st doses: 3,308,253; 2^nd doses: 1,960,807
Vaccines administered yesterday (total)	47,512; 1^stdoses: 12,278; 2^nd doses: 35,234
Māori	1^stdoses: 320,845; 2^nd doses: 172,785
Pacific Peoples	1^stdoses: 206,618; 2^nd doses: 120,450
Vaccines administered to Auckland residents to date (total)	1,916,263: 1^st doses: 1,198,541 (84%); 2^nd doses: 717,722 (50%)
Vaccines administered to Auckland residents yesterday (total)	19,841: 1^st doses: 4,428; 2^nd doses: 15,413
NZ COVID-19 tracer
Registered users (total)	3,265,945
Poster scans (total)	400,400,150
Manual diary entries (total)	17,393,646
Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday	2,611,569

*A previously reported border case has been reclassified as historical.
**A previously reported historical case has been reclassified as not a case, therefore the number of historical cases reported today is unchanged from yesterday

New case identified at the border

Arrival date	From	Via	Positive test day/reason	Managed isolation/quarantine location
18 September	Maldives	United Arab Emirates	Day 12 / routine	Auckland

Middlemore Hospital exposure event

Counties Manukau DHB has advised the Ministry of Health of a possible COVID-19 exposure event at Middlemore Hospital last night.

A person presented to Middlemore Hospital’s Emergency Department seeking treatment for issues unrelated to COVID-19.

The patient answered no to all screening questions but, while in triage, clinical staff noted the patient was displaying a COVID-like symptom and took steps to investigate, isolate and test.

The patient subsequently returned a positive COVID-19 result and was moved to a COVID-19 isolation ward at Middlemore Hospital.

The patient was wearing a mask at all times in ED. All staff were wearing appropriate PPE and as such no staff members are required to stand down.

Counties Manukau Health’s Infection Prevention and Control team are working with the Auckland Regional Public Health Service to identify potential contacts.

It is important that people seek help when they’re sick and know that our hospitals are safe. Our Auckland hospitals in particular, are now well used to dealing safely with COVID-19 patients.

Naumi MIQ worker

Whole genome sequencing carried out by ESR has identified a clear epidemiological link between the Naumi MIQ worker who was reported as a positive case on September 30 and another case at the border.

The worker tested positive on 29 September as part of routine surveillance testing. They are fully vaccinated and have been tested regularly. The hours they worked mean they had limited contact with guests at the hotel. They are now isolating in a quarantine facility.

An investigation is underway to determine the pathway of the worker’s infection and identify potential contacts.

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