Coronavirus: New Zealand has 162 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the community

Publish Date
Monday, 1 November 2021, 1:35PM

New Zealand has 162 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, reports the Ministry of Health.

Of today's new cases, 156 are in Auckland, while one is in Northland and five are in Waikato - taking the total number of cases in Waikato to 123 (37 of whom have recovered).

70 of these new cases are household or close contacts of existing cases.

Today a total of 1,631 cases are now reported as having recovered from Covid-19.

That brings the total number of active cases in the community to 1,879 (the total number of cases in this outbreak is now 3,510).

There are now 13 cases in Northland (three of whom have recovered) and four active cases in Christchurch.

The Nelson/Marlborough case is now recovered.

There are 53 people in hospital, including three patients in intensive care.

Auckland and parts of Waikato (Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Ngaruawahia, Hamilton city, Huntly, Te Kuiti, Waipa, ÅŒtorohanga, Te Awamutu, Karapiro and Cambridge) are currently at alert level 3.

Northland and the rest of the country are at alert level 2.

Last week, the Prime Minister revealed New Zealand will move into a new way of managing Covid-19 when District Health Boards have 90 per cent of their eligible populations vaccinated.

The traffic light system will use vaccine certificates to allow complying businesses to continue to operate at all times - and proposes to end nationwide lockdowns.

New Zealand has had 6,233 confirmed cases since the pandemic began last year and 28 deaths.

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