ISSUE
Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Ministry of Health reported two further deaths in New Zealand. Both cases are linked to existing clusters.
Both deaths have occurred with older individuals with existing health conditions.
The first death reported is of a man in his 80s in Wellington hospital. He became unwell on 26 March and admitted in the hospital on 28 March.
The second is a man in his 70s died in Christchurch. This brings the death toll to four till now.
29 new cases in today, 20 confirmed and 9 probable. This brings the total cases to 1312, and 422 have been recovered. 15 are in hospital now.
Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay provided an update on the government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic today from the Beehive.
"For those cases, we have information on; we are still seeing a clear but declining link to overseas travel at 40 percent; with ongoing links to confirmed cases withing New Zealand 46 percent including those in clusters we already know about; and community transmission at 2 percent. We are still investigating 11 percent of cases," McElnay said.
New Zealand carried out 3061 tests yesterday, and overall 58,746 cases have been conducted since the epidemic began.
The country will remain in the alert level 4 lockdown till 23 April. Whether it will be extended or not will be announced at a later date.
Ministry of Health reported two further deaths in New Zealand. Both cases are linked to existing clusters.
Both deaths have occurred with older individuals with existing health conditions.
The first death reported is of a man in his 80s in Wellington hospital. He became unwell on 26 March and...
Ministry of Health reported two further deaths in New Zealand. Both cases are linked to existing clusters.
Both deaths have occurred with older individuals with existing health conditions.
The first death reported is of a man in his 80s in Wellington hospital. He became unwell on 26 March and admitted in the hospital on 28 March.
The second is a man in his 70s died in Christchurch. This brings the death toll to four till now.
29 new cases in today, 20 confirmed and 9 probable. This brings the total cases to 1312, and 422 have been recovered. 15 are in hospital now.
Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay provided an update on the government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic today from the Beehive.
"For those cases, we have information on; we are still seeing a clear but declining link to overseas travel at 40 percent; with ongoing links to confirmed cases withing New Zealand 46 percent including those in clusters we already know about; and community transmission at 2 percent. We are still investigating 11 percent of cases," McElnay said.
New Zealand carried out 3061 tests yesterday, and overall 58,746 cases have been conducted since the epidemic began.
The country will remain in the alert level 4 lockdown till 23 April. Whether it will be extended or not will be announced at a later date.
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