ISSUE
Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said 29 new cases detected in New Zealand. This brings the total in New Zealand to 1239.
The 29 cases new detected includes 23 confirmed and 6 probable. 35 new recoveries have been made bringing total recovery to 317.
There have been no additional deaths, but 14 people are in hospital, with four in ICU at North Shore, Middlemore and Dunedin hospitals.
Dr Bloomfield said 41 percent of cases are travel related, 44 related to close contacts and 2 percent community transmission. Thirteen percent are still under investigation.
There are still 12 clusters, the three largest are the wedding in Bluff with 87 cases, Marist College with 84 and Matamata with 66.
The daily numbers of new cases of Covid-19 have been slowly dropping this week.
There were 50 new probable and confirmed cases reported yesterday, with 54 on Tuesday and 67 on Monday.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country's response to the lockdown over the past two weeks had been "huge".
"You are breaking the chain of transmission and you are doing it for each other," she said.
She is also expected to announce new border restrictions at today's media conference.
The Waikato District Health Board says two nurses have tested positive for Covid-19.
The nurses, who work in the same ward at Waikato Hospital, have been stood down immediately after developing symptoms.
Waikato DHB Chief Executive Dr Kevin Snee said the hospital was taking all precautions.
"The staff acted in line with DHB policy to stand down if they are unwell. However, there is a very small risk of transmission even in those without symptoms and we have therefore taken a very precautionary approach," Snee said in a statement.
Snee said staff working on that ward during the previous week - 31 March to 6 April - have been stood down as the DBH gets more information regarding nursing movements.
The DHB aims to return those staff where there is no risk back to the workforce as quickly as possible, he said.
The ward provides general medical services, mostly for people 65 years old and above.
There are no Covid-19-positive patients in the ward at present, Snee said
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said 29 new cases detected in New Zealand. This brings the total in New Zealand to 1239.
The 29 cases new detected includes 23 confirmed and 6 probable. 35 new recoveries have been made bringing total recovery to 317.
There have been no additional...
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said 29 new cases detected in New Zealand. This brings the total in New Zealand to 1239.
The 29 cases new detected includes 23 confirmed and 6 probable. 35 new recoveries have been made bringing total recovery to 317.
There have been no additional deaths, but 14 people are in hospital, with four in ICU at North Shore, Middlemore and Dunedin hospitals.
Dr Bloomfield said 41 percent of cases are travel related, 44 related to close contacts and 2 percent community transmission. Thirteen percent are still under investigation.
There are still 12 clusters, the three largest are the wedding in Bluff with 87 cases, Marist College with 84 and Matamata with 66.
The daily numbers of new cases of Covid-19 have been slowly dropping this week.
There were 50 new probable and confirmed cases reported yesterday, with 54 on Tuesday and 67 on Monday.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country's response to the lockdown over the past two weeks had been "huge".
"You are breaking the chain of transmission and you are doing it for each other," she said.
She is also expected to announce new border restrictions at today's media conference.
The Waikato District Health Board says two nurses have tested positive for Covid-19.
The nurses, who work in the same ward at Waikato Hospital, have been stood down immediately after developing symptoms.
Waikato DHB Chief Executive Dr Kevin Snee said the hospital was taking all precautions.
"The staff acted in line with DHB policy to stand down if they are unwell. However, there is a very small risk of transmission even in those without symptoms and we have therefore taken a very precautionary approach," Snee said in a statement.
Snee said staff working on that ward during the previous week - 31 March to 6 April - have been stood down as the DBH gets more information regarding nursing movements.
The DHB aims to return those staff where there is no risk back to the workforce as quickly as possible, he said.
The ward provides general medical services, mostly for people 65 years old and above.
There are no Covid-19-positive patients in the ward at present, Snee said
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