Live: 20 new community cases in Auckland, Bloomfield and Robertson want higher rates of Covid-19 testing

Author: Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021, 12:45PM

Keep up to date with the latest live developments in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak.

Deputy Prime Minster Grant Roberson and Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield gave an update on today's Covid-19 case numbers and also an update on the terror attack that occurred at New Lynn Countdown.

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There are 20 cases all in Auckland, bringing the total outbreak to 801, 79 cases are recovered, bring active cases to 722
6 cases were potentially infectious in the community
Bloomfield said ongoing investigations show the total number of unlinked cases has fallen from 58 last Sunday to 30 today.
38 are in hospital, 6 in ICU with 4 being ventilated
Bloomfield expressed his personal condolences to the family of the woman who died in North Shore hospital (announced yesterday)
Bloomfield says it’s is important people get tested to give further confidence that all cases in the community have been identified
Robertson seconded this saying they want to see an increase in testing to give them the confidence that Delta is under control
38,120 individuals in the contact tracing system since 9am this morning. Of very close contacts, 99 percent have been followed up by contact tracers, and 90 percent have had a test.
Over 77,000 number of vaccines were done yesterday
Over 9032 Covid tests were processed yesterday
There were no unexpected detections to report from ESR in wastewater testing. Covid-19 was also detected in Rotorua sample on Thursday, but this was deemed expected because there is a case in MIQ in the area.
There are 1.9m future vaccine bookings online
Deputy Prime Minster Grant Robertson wished people a happy Father's Day and also acknowledged how difficult it can be for those who have lost someone
He also wished his mother and Chris Hipkins a happy birthday
Robertson paid tribute to essential workers who responded to Friday's terrorist attack. He acknowledges health staff, supermarket workers, police and the SAS.
Bloomfield said there are three people in ICU in critical but stable condition in Auckland City Hospital following the terrorist attack