COVID-19 update 29 September 2021

• Number of new community cases: 45
• Number of new cases identified at the border: No cases
• Location of new community cases: Auckland
• Location of community cases (total): Auckland (including 4 cases in Upper Hauraki; all of whom are in the same household) 1,213 (969 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered)
• Number of community cases (total): 1,230 (in the current community outbreak)
• Cases infectious in the community: Four (50%) of yesterday’s cases have exposure events
• Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious: Four (50 %) of yesterday’s cases
• Cases epidemiologically linked: 33 of today’s 45 cases are linked. Of these 26 are household contacts.
• Cases to be epidemiologically linked: Twelve of today’s 45 cases. Investigations are continuing to determine a link.
• Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 1,193 (in the current cluster) (15 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 10 epidemiologically unlinked subclusters. Of these, none are active, three are contained and seven are dormant.
• Cases in hospital: 16 (total): North Shore (2) Middlemore (7); Auckland (7)
• Cases in ICU or HDU: Three
• Confirmed cases (total)*: 3,892 since pandemic began.
• Historical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total): 159 out of 2,074 since 1 Jan 2021

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