It's already August 30 in New Zealand; this is from The Spinoff's August 29 summary: Live updates, August 29: 13 new cases of Covid-19 announced.
There are 13 new cases of Covid-19 to report in New Zealand today – 11 in the community, two in managed isolation.
The two cases in managed isolation both arrived in New Zealand from India on August 23. The first is a woman in her 70s and the second case is a man in his 30s. They both tested positive for Covid-19 around day three of their time in MIQ at the Grand Millennium in Auckland.
Of the 11 community cases, 10 are clearly epidemiologically linked to the Auckland cluster. Six cases are associated with the Mt Roskill Evangelical Church – four within the same household and two who attended church services.
Four other cases are contacts of previously reported confirmed cases.
The remaining person who has tested positive for Covid-19 is being interviewed today to determine their possible links to the cluster.
By this morning, contact tracing had identified 2,489 close contacts of cases, of which 2,425 have been contacted and are self-isolating. Health officials are in the process of contacting the rest.
There are 132 people linked to the community cluster who have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility, which includes 82 people who have tested positive for Covid-19 and their household contacts.
There are 11 people with Covid-19 in hospital today: three in Auckland City, four in Middlemore, three in North Shore and one in Waikato. Three of these patients are in ICU – one each in Middlemore, North Shore and Waikato Hospital.
There are seven previously reported cases who are considered to have recovered today, bringing the total number of active confirmed cases to 136, plus one previously reported probable case remains active. Of the 137 active cases, 20 are imported cases in MIQ facilities, and 117 are community cases.
Yesterday, laboratories processed 9,991 tests for Covid-19.
