There have been 70 new cases of Covid-19 in the community reported in New Zealand today. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 19 community cases in hospital, including one in ICU. All were in a stable condition.
It said the total number of cases linked to the current community outbreak was 347 – 333 in Auckland and 14 in Wellington. The Ministry said there were 278 cases that were clear epidemiological links to another case or sub-cluster. Links for another 69 cases were still to be fully established. Of these 70 new cases, 44 were Pacific peoples, 11 were Asian, six were European, six were Māori, and the ethnicity of three was unknown. The total number of active cases in New Zealand was at present 384 and there have been a total of 2941 cases.
