{"id":905,"date":"2021-09-02T01:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T01:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=905"},"modified":"2021-09-02T01:20:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T01:20:08","slug":"covid-19-update-49-new-community-cases-reported-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 update: 49 new community cases reported in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of new community cases of Covid-19 connected to the Delta outbreak has dropped to 49 today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<div style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news_crops\/123975\/eight_col_049_f0328433.jpg?1623111055\" alt=\"Coronavirus particles, illustration. Different strains of coronavirus are responsible for diseases such as the common cold, gastroenteritis and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (previously 2019-CoV) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. \" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">File image.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0NOBEASTSOFIERCE\/Science Photo Library via AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<\/div>\n<p>There were also four new cases in managed isolation.<\/p>\n<p>All of the new community cases are in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>There are 42 cases in hospital. Six are in ICU and three are being ventilated.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Health reported\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/covid-19\/450511\/covid-19-update-75-new-community-cases-in-nz-today\">75 new cases of Covid-19 in the community yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/450606\/watch-live-covid-19-update-for-2-september\">Speaking at today&#8217;s government briefing<\/a>, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the drop was encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the total outbreak cases to 725, with 709 in Auckland, 16 in Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bloomfield said 37,359 individual contacts had been identified and in the contact tracing system, with 81 percent having direct contact with the team and were self isolating. About 86 percent of all contacts had already had a test.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomfield said analysis of yesterday&#8217;s cases showed 85 percent were contacts of known cases and 56 percent were household contacts already isolating.<\/p>\n<p>About 36 percent of yesterday&#8217;s cases were considered to be infectious in the community, higher than the 26 percent reported the previous day.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211; more to come<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Via <strong>RNZ<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of new community cases of Covid-19 connected to the Delta outbreak has dropped to 49 today. There were also four new cases in managed isolation. All of the new community cases are in Auckland. There are 42 cases in hospital. Six are in ICU and three are being ventilated. 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