the ministry announced there were 15 new cases<\/a>\u00a0– a drop from 33 identified the previous day.<\/p>\nDirector-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said at today’s media briefing that the worker at the SO\/ Auckland Hotel MIQ facility who has tested positive for Covid-19 has a potential link with a community case so is not being considered as a result of in-facility transmission.<\/p>\n
ESR should confirm this later today.<\/p>\n
The worker was fully vaccinated and was also now in quarantine, he said.<\/p>\n
There are 20 cases in hospital today, including four in ICU or HDU.<\/p>\n
There were also three new historical cases detected at the border.<\/p>\n
The Ministry said 441 of the 966 Auckland cases had now recovered, while all but two of Wellington’s 17 cases have also recovered.<\/p>\n
There have now been 3981 cases of the coronavirus in New Zealand since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n
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