There have been 82 new community cases on Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
There was no media conference from the government today. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were now 429 cases linked to the Auckland outbreak.
All of today's new cases were in Auckland. There have now been 415 cases in Auckland and 14 in Wellington connected to the current community outbreak.
The ministry said 376 cases have now been clearly epidemiologically-linked to another case or sub-cluster, with another 53 for which links are yet to be fully established.
There was one new case in managed isolation reported today.
There are now 23 people with Covid-19 in Auckland's hospitals, including two in ICU. The Health Ministry said all of the cases were in a stable condition.
One case is in North Shore Hospital, 11 are in Middlemore Hospital, 12 are in Auckland City Hospital, and one is in Wellington Regional Hospital.
"There are appropriate isolation and infection prevention and control plans in place at all hospitals where these patients are being managed," said the Ministry.
There were 70 new community cases reported in New Zealand yesterday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also confirmed yesterday that all of New Zealand south of Auckland will move to alert level three at midnight Tuesday, but Auckland is likely to stay at level 4 for two weeks.