Covid 19 coronavirus: Far less testing done during latest Covid outbreak
2 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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There are no new positive cases in the community - and there are four cases in managed isolation, director general of health Ashley Bloomfield says. Bloomfield said the lack of new cases was encouraging but stressed we re not out of the woods .
There are no new positive cases in the community - and there are four cases in managed isolation, director general of health Ashley Bloomfield says. Bloomfield said the lack of new cases was encouraging but stressed we re not out of the woods .
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Covid 19 coronavirus: More than 4 per cent of Auckland population tested since February 14
1 Mar, 2021 07:22 AM
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More than 70,000 community Covid-19 tests have been carried out in the metro Auckland area since the Valentine s Day outbreak, which has infected 15 people in two weeks.
That s more than 4 per cent of the city s population getting a swab since February 14.
Nearly 4000 of those tests were carried out at 10 dedicated community testing centres on Sunday after the city was plunged into lockdown for the second time since the outbreak began.
There was also strong demand at testing centres today.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: What you need to know about Auckland s three new community cases
14 Feb, 2021 03:36 AM
5 minutes to read No change to alert levels at this stage, with more information expected this evening. The mother works at LSG Sky Chefs in Māngere. The daughter goes to Papatoetoe High School which will be closed tomorrow and Tuesday. Two of the confirmed cases visited various locations in New Plymouth on February 6-7. It s unclear if they were infectious when they visited. They also visited Pak N Save Manukau on Friday February 12 for about 15 minutes, sometime between 3.45pm and 5pm.
Health authorities are gathering more information about the three new community Covid-19 cases in South Auckland reported today - a mother, father and daughter from Papatoetoe.