ISSUE
Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced one new confirmed and four new probable cases today bringing NZ's total infected to 1469.
One woman in her 90s has died of Covid-19. This brings NZ's death toll to 19.
He said the latest victim was a woman in her 90s, who was a resident at St Margaret's Rest Home in Auckland.
She had underlying health conditions and was part of a group from the rest home who had been transferred to Waitakere Hospital.
38 new recoveries have been made bringing total recoveries to 1140. This makes 80% of all COVID-19 infected in New Zealand completely recovered.
Seven people are in hospital, 1 in ICU at Middlemore Hospital.
2939 tests were conducted yesterday, bringing total tests to 123,920.
He said the overall numbers of cases in New Zealand had dropped by one.
"In the context of our overall total, six cases - which were previously probable, have been reclassified as either still under investigation, or not a case. So that means our current national total is now 1469, and that's a net reduction of one."
There are now 16 significant clusters in the country, and one case in Tauranga still being investigated.
"This is a tricky virus and that's why we're not going to reduce our vigilance one bit. If anything we need to increase our vigilance because that will directly impact when we can move down to alert levels further."
Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced one new confirmed and four new probable cases today bringing NZ's total infected to 1469.
One woman in her 90s has died of Covid-19. This brings NZ's death toll to 19.
He said the latest victim was a woman in her 90s, who was a resident at St Margaret's Rest Home in...
Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced one new confirmed and four new probable cases today bringing NZ's total infected to 1469.
One woman in her 90s has died of Covid-19. This brings NZ's death toll to 19.
He said the latest victim was a woman in her 90s, who was a resident at St Margaret's Rest Home in Auckland.
She had underlying health conditions and was part of a group from the rest home who had been transferred to Waitakere Hospital.
38 new recoveries have been made bringing total recoveries to 1140. This makes 80% of all COVID-19 infected in New Zealand completely recovered.
Seven people are in hospital, 1 in ICU at Middlemore Hospital.
2939 tests were conducted yesterday, bringing total tests to 123,920.
He said the overall numbers of cases in New Zealand had dropped by one.
"In the context of our overall total, six cases - which were previously probable, have been reclassified as either still under investigation, or not a case. So that means our current national total is now 1469, and that's a net reduction of one."
There are now 16 significant clusters in the country, and one case in Tauranga still being investigated.
"This is a tricky virus and that's why we're not going to reduce our vigilance one bit. If anything we need to increase our vigilance because that will directly impact when we can move down to alert levels further."
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