New Zealand records Fresh cases of COVID19

[lovetravellingoz]

Im getting confused.

by adding daily figures it should be 124 (5 recovered) plus the maintenance worker over 17 days but today’s table indicates 117 (5 recovered) and 1 maintenance worker in 17 days.

I am not sure what you are looking at but note that.

• Active cases are people that have not recovered or died. 'Active' does not mean that these cases are infectious.
• Recovered cases are people who had the virus, are at least 10 days since onset and have not exhibited symptoms for 72 hours, and have been cleared by the health professional responsible for their monitoring.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Today's Ministry of Health NZ Update.

13 new cases. 2 in quarantine. So 11 in the community.







Media release
29 August 2020

There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today.

Two are imported cases in managed isolation who 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 3 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.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

30 Aug. Only 2 new cases today.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Hopefully this is a sign of the cluster being almost complete.

Getting towards 150 cases in 19 days.

Shows what around 4-5 infections and if I recall correctly about 5 days of untested symptoms can do.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Hopefully this is a sign of the cluster being almost complete.

Hopefully, but daily numbers have been bouncing around a lot.


Importantly though no new cases are being found outside the known clusters, and so if that stays the same yes the virus should die out.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Hopefully, but daily numbers have been bouncing around a lot.


Importantly though no new cases are being found outside the known clusters, and so if that stays the same yes the virus should die out.

I’m assuming their restrictions are being complied with and this is all cases of basically social interactions prior to the first cases being detected (11 August) plus household transmissions since. My impression is that there is little permissible activity in Auckland.

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Personal movement
At Alert Level 3, you should stay in your household bubbles whenever you’re not at work or school.

You must stay within your household bubble. You can expand this to:

• connect with close family and whānau
• bring in caregivers, or
• support isolated people.

It’s important to protect your bubble. Keep your bubble exclusive and only include people where it will keep you and them safe and healthy. If anyone within your bubble feels unwell, they must immediately self-isolate from everyone else within the bubble.

Do not invite or allow social visitors, such as friends, extended family and whānau, to enter your home.

...

Golden Rules for business at Alert Level 3

• If your business requires close physical contact it can’t operate.
• Your staff should work from home if they can.
• Businesses need to display a QR code and have an alternative contact tracing system. You should ensure that people either scan in or provide their contact details.
• Customers cannot come onto your premises — unless you are a supermarket, dairy, petrol station, pharmac_ or permitted health service.
• Your business must be contactless. Your customers can pay online, over the phone or in a contactless way. Delivery or pick-up must also be contactless.
• Basic hygiene measures must be maintained. Physical distancing, hand washing and regularly cleaning surfaces. Workers must stay home if they are sick.
• Staff must remain a minimum of 1 metre apart at all times where practical. Other measures, such as PPE including face coverings, should be used where appropriate.
• Different advice applies to essential healthcare workers, border agencies, courts and tribunal staff, first responders and corrections staff. You can get further advice from the Ministry of Health(external link).
• You must meet all other health and safety obligations.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Just announced Auckland is going to Alert 2.5.

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Social gatherings
Under level 2.5, all social gatherings - whether it be birthday parties, family reunions or catch-ups with friends - will be limited to a maximum of 10 people.

"That includes everything... no gathering can be larger than 10," Ardern reiterated, noting that much of Auckland's existing cluster stemmed from social gatherings.

"To stop the spread, we must stop socialising for a time."

For customer-facing businesses, Ardern advises staff to revert back to the protocols implemented under level 2 last time, noting that the expectations are the same.

For the hospitality sector, for example, restaurants cannot serve groups of more than 10 people. Groups must remain seated and be attended to by a single staff member.

Authorised funerals or tangihanga may only be attended by a maximum of 50 guests.

Masks
Unlike last time at alert level 2, masks are now mandatory on public transport for all Aucklanders aged 12 and over. This applies to buses, trains and ferries, as well as drivers for taxi companies and rideshare apps.

Although wearing a mask outside of public transport is not compulsory, Aucklanders are strongly encouraged to cover their faces while in public spaces.

Aged-care facilities
Aged-care facilities will be operating under very strict settings under level 2.5.

The Prime Minister apologised to anyone these rules may impact, but noted the importance of keeping everyone in our aged-care facilities safe.

She urged Aucklanders with family or friends at an aged-care facility to contact the centre to be advised on its specific protocol.

Travel
Most importantly, Ardern reiterated that alert level 2.5 protocol does not simply apply within Auckland's regional boundaries. All Aucklanders are expected to stick to the restrictions no matter where they go in the country.

As inter-regional travel is once again permitted, the Government is taking precautionary measures to ensure COVID-19 isn't spread across the country.

"These aren't just rules for the city of Auckland. These are guidelines for Aucklanders. We ask you to apply them no matter where you are in the country," Ardern said.

"If you are an Aucklander, please don't just pop into an aged-care facility, no matter where it is in the country. Please don't attend a mass gathering, even if it's not in Auckland. If you are sick, stay home, don't travel.

"We are relying on common sense and care, rather than enforcement to make it work for Aucklanders who are travelling."

Along with these precautions, the rest of New Zealand will remain at level 2 to help ensure the virus isn't spread.

 

[Pushka]

Hopefully this is a sign of the cluster being almost complete.

Getting towards 150 cases in 19 days.

Shows what around 4-5 infections and if I recall correctly about 5 days of untested symptoms can do.

Another factor in NZ may have been that all social distancing was relaxed weeks ago.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Today's Ministry of Health NZ update:

9 new cases, but 4 in quarantine.







Media release
31 August 2020

There are nine new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today.

Four are in MIQ and five are in the community.

Of the four imported cases, three females – one in her 30s, one in her 20s, and a child - arrived from India on August 22 and all tested negative around day three of their stay in managed isolation. They were each retested as a contact of a previously reported case, and subsequently returned a positive result.

The fourth person who has tested positive today is a woman in her 30s who arrived from India on August 27.

The five new confirmed community cases are all clearly epidemiologically linked to the Auckland cluster.

Three cases are linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Church. The other two cases are both household contacts of two separate previously reported cases.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Today's Ministry of Health NZ update. 1 Sept.

5 new community cases. 9 in quarantine. 14 in total. See Media release below for details.







Media release
01 September 2020

There are 14 new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today - nine in MIQ and five in the community.

The five new community cases are all clearly epidemiologically linked to cases that are either epidemiologically or genomically linked to the Auckland cluster.

Two cases are household contacts of previously reported cases, and the other three are all in a household that is linked to an existing case.

Of the nine cases in MIQ facilities, five are in Christchurch, three are in Auckland and one is in Wellington. They are all in strict quarantine arrangements.

The Christchurch MIQ cases are a man in his 20s, a woman in her 30s, two women in their 20s, and a man in his 40s, who all arrived on the same flight from India via Fiji on August 27.

The Auckland MIQ cases are a woman in her 20s and another in her 30s, both of whom arrived from India on August 23. The third MIQ case in Auckland is a woman in her 50s who arrived on August 26 from Qatar.

The final MIQ case is in Wellington – a man in his 50s who arrived on August 18 from the United States and tested positive in routine testing around day 12 of his stay in MIQ.

Since August 11, our contact tracing team has identified 2,743 close contacts of cases, of which 2,676 have been contacted and are self-isolating, and we are in the process of contacting the rest.

As of this morning we have identified 51 close contacts of the Tokoroa health professional who has tested positive for COVID-19. Of those, 48 have already been contacted. They have either already been tested and returned a negative result, or are isolating awaiting a test. The team is continuing to follow up with the remaining three close contacts.

There are 123 people linked to the community cluster who have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility, which includes 79 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts.

There are 10 people with COVID-19 in hospital today; two in Auckland City, three in Middlemore, three in North Shore, and two in Waikato. Eight people are on a ward, and two are in ICU – one each in Middlemore and Waikato Hospitals.

There are 13 previously reported cases who are considered to have recovered today – all community cases.

With today’s 14 new cases, our total number of active cases is 132. Of those, 33 are imported cases in MIQ facilities, and 99 are community cases.

Our total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is now 1,401, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.

Yesterday our laboratories processed 8,599 tests for COVID-19, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 766,626.

 

[jakeseven7]

So looks like ticking along at NSW and probably soon to be QLD and VIC levels. Travel bubble anyone?

 

[dajop]

So looks like ticking along at NSW and probably soon to be QLD and VIC levels. Travel bubble anyone?

I know you probably meant that in jest, but in reality if they're all ticking on at 5-10 cases a day, it probably makes more sense than a travel bubble where it's always 0, as one case in the community in one part of the bubble brings the whole thing crumbling down.

 

[jakeseven7]

I know you probably meant that in jest, but in reality if they're all ticking on at 5-10 cases a day, it probably makes more sense than a travel bubble where it's always 0, as one case in the community in one part of the bubble brings the whole thing crumbling down.

Oh no I was deadly serious
We are never getting to zero.
Full stop.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

So looks like ticking along at NSW and probably soon to be QLD and VIC levels. Travel bubble anyone?

Don't forget the numbers listed under MIQ (currently 33 active) are all recent international arrivals. As long as NZers are allowed to return home there will always be some in this category. It is the number from community transmission that are of interest. These have generally been less than 10 per day despite 10,000+ daily tests.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Today's Ministry of Health NZ daily update.

5 cases in total. 3 in the community and 2 in quarantine.

 

[jakeseven7]

Don't forget the numbers listed under MIQ (currently 33 active) are all recent international arrivals. As long as NZers are allowed to return home there will always be some in this category. It is the number from community transmission that are of interest. These have generally been less than 10 per day despite 10,000+ daily tests.

That’s ok, not to stress - it’s there and spreading in the community, just like QLD, NSW and VIC.

So a nice travel bubble there could really work, the eastern states are a where most of the the money and people are anyway.

Be really nice for Kiwis and Aussies alike to see family for Christmas.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

NZ Minsitry of Health

Media release
02 September 2020

There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today – two in MIQ and three community cases.

The three community cases are all epidemiologically linked to the Mount Roskill Evangelical Church, which has been genomically linked to the larger Auckland cluster. All were already identified as close contacts and in self isolation.

Both imported cases were detected in MIQ at the Rydges in Rotorua via routine testing around day 3.

The first case is a woman in her 30s who arrived from Dubai on August 28.

The second case is a child who arrived from Uzbekistan via Dubai on August 28. Both cases have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility along with people in their bubble.

Since August 11, our contact tracing team has identified 3,192 close contacts of cases, of which 2,992 have been contacted and are self-isolating, and we are in the process of contacting the rest.

There are 104 people linked to the community cluster who have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility, which includes 75 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts.

There are seven people with COVID-19 in hospital today; one in Auckland City, two in Middlemore, two in North Shore, and two in Waikato. Five people are on a ward, and two are in ICU – one each in Middlemore and Waikato Hospitals.

There are eight previously reported cases who are considered to have recovered today – all community cases.

With today’s five new cases, our total number of active cases is 129. Of those, 35 are imported cases in MIQ facilities, and 94 are community cases.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

NZ Ministry of Health

Media release
03 September 2020

Today there are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand – one in the community and one in managed isolation.

The community case has been epidemiologically linked to the Auckland cluster.

The case in managed isolation is a woman in her 30s who arrived from the Philippines via Hong Kong on August 29. She has been in MIQ at the Distinction Hotel in Christchurch and tested positive around day 3 of her stay.

Since August 11, our contact tracing team has identified 3,162 close contacts of cases, of which 2,984 have been contacted and are self-isolating, and we are in the process of contacting the rest.

There are 92 people linked to the community cluster who have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility, which includes 67 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts.

There are seven people with COVID-19 in hospital today; one in Auckland City, two in Middlemore, two in North Shore, and two in Waikato. Five people are on a ward, and two are in ICU – one each in Middlemore and Waikato Hospitals.

There are 16 previously reported cases who are considered to have recovered today – all community cases.

With today’s two new cases, our total number of active cases is 115. Of those, 36 are imported cases in MIQ facilities, and 79 are community cases.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Sadly NZ had their first NZ second wave death today . A man in his 50s.
He is also the country’s youngest coronavirus death.

NZ's virus toll grows, with first death from Auckland outbreak

A man in his 50s has died in an Auckland hospital after contracting coronavirus, New Zealand health authorities have confirmed.

thenewdaily.com.au

Today's Ministry of Health NZ update.

New cases unfortunately continue to keep trickling along.


Media release
04 September 2020 (Note issued prior to the announcement of the death)

Today there are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand – two of these are imported cases detected in managed isolation facilities. Three are community cases.

All three community cases are epidemiologically linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Church cluster, which is known to be linked to the wider Auckland August cluster.

The two imported cases are children who are family members of previously identified cases who had arrived from India on 23 August. Both children are aged under 9 and were already in quarantine with family members at the Auckland quarantine facility.

Since August 11, our contact tracing team has identified 3,191 close contacts of cases, of which 3,136 have been contacted and are self-isolating, and we are in the process of contacting the rest.

There are 82 people linked to the community cluster who remain at the Auckland quarantine facility, which includes 59 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts.

That number continues to decline as cases recover and reach the end of their isolation period.

There are six people with COVID-19 in hospital today; one in Auckland City, one in Middlemore, two in North Shore, and two in Waikato. Four people are on a ward, and two are in ICU – one each in Middlemore and Waikato Hospitals.

Today, there are eight previously reported cases who are considered to have recovered.

With today’s five new cases, our total number of active cases is 112. Of those, 37 are imported cases in MIQ facilities, and 75 are community cases.

 

[OZDUCK]

Thanks for continuing putting these reports together lovetravellingoz. And for adding some useful commentary.