There were 26,999 first and second vaccine doses administered yesterday, made up of 6,659 first doses and 20,340 second doses. To date, 89 percent of New Zealanders have had their first dose and 77 percent are fully vaccinated.
Getting vaccinated will help to stop people from becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 and will save lives.
COVID-19 vaccine update
- Total first and second vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people): 6,952,992: 3,731,205 first doses (89%); 3,221,787 second doses (77%)
- Total first and second vaccines administered yesterday: 26,999: 6,659 first doses; 20,340 second doses
- Māori (percentage of eligible people): 416,945 first doses (73%); 310,950 second doses (54%)
- Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people): 245,915 first doses (86%); 201,191 second doses (70%)
- Total first and second vaccines administered to Auckland residents yesterday: 6,640: 1,465 first doses; 5,175 second doses
Vaccination rates by DHB (with active cases)
- Northland DHB (percentage of eligible people: 129,027 first doses (80%); 106,740 second doses (66%)
- Auckland metro DHBs (percentage of eligible people: 1,313,397 first doses (92%); 1,172,099 second doses (82%)
- Waikato DHB (percentage of eligible people: 311,897 first doses (87%); 263,750 second doses (74%)
- Canterbury DHB (percentage of eligible people: 443,844 first doses (92%); 367,016 second doses (76%)
Hospitalisations
- Cases in hospital: 64 (total, up from 58 yesterday): Waitemata (24); Middlemore (15); Auckland (25); Waikato (1)
- Average age of current hospitalisations: 51
- Cases in ICU or HDU: Five
Cases
- Number of new community cases*: 139
- Number of new cases identified at the border: 3
- Location of new community cases: Auckland (136), Waikato (2), Northland (1)
- Location of community cases (total): Auckland 3,688 (1,653 of whom have recovered); Waikato 146 (54 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered); Northland 15 (5 of whom have recovered); Nelson/Marlborough 1 (recovered); Canterbury 4
- Number of community cases (total): 3,871 (in current community outbreak)
- Confirmed cases (total): 6,611
- Historical cases: 185 out of 4,798 cases since 1 January
- Cases infectious in the community **: 27 of 93 cases reported yesterday have exposure events
- Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious**: 66 of 93 cases reported yesterday have no exposure events
- Cases epidemiologically linked: 67of today’s 139 cases
- Cases to be epidemiologically linked: 72 of today’s 139 cases
- Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 3,235 (in the current cluster) (452 unlinked from the past 14 days)
Contacts
- Number of active contacts being managed (total): 3,569
- Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements): 76%
- Percentage who have returned at least one result: 75%
Locations of interest
- Locations of interest (total): 323 (as at 10am 4 November)
Tests
- Number of tests (total): 4,194,715
- Number of tests total (last 24 hours): 31,882
- Tests processed in Auckland (last 24 hours): 12,121
- Tests rolling average (last 7 days): 26,872
- Testing centres in Auckland: 18
Wastewater
- Wastewater detections: No unexpected detections
NZ COVID Tracer
- Registered users (total): 3,343,854
- Poster scans (total): 477,427,141
- Manual diary entries (total): 19,547,674
- Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday: 2,308,026
New cases identified at the border
Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
27 October | England | United Arab Emirates | Day 6 / routine | Auckland |
1 November | TBA | United Arab Emirates | Day 1 / contact of a case | Auckland |
1 November | TBA | Qatar | Day 1 / routine | Auckland |
Cases
*One previously reported community case has been reclassified as “not a case” resulting in a net increase of 138 cases in the outbreak.
**The number of cases here may sometimes differ from the total reported the previous day due to a difference in reporting timeframes and reclassifications.
Investigations into person who died in isolation
The sudden death of a 40-year-old man with COVID-19 who had been isolating at home has been referred to the Coroner who will determine whether it was COVID-19 related.
The Ministry’s condolences are with this person’s whânau at this sad time.
There has been speculation this death was vaccine related but we can confirm it was not.
The Northern Region Health Coordination Centre and the Ministry will undertake an incident review of the public health and clinical oversight of this person with independent input.
The Ministry is unable to comment on the specifics of this case while there is a coronial investigation, however we can comment generally about the home isolation process.
Following a positive test, a public health assessment is undertaken on a case to determine whether they should isolate at home or at an MIQ facility. This considers whether they live in a residence that allows them and their household to isolate safely at home, whether they would like to and feel safe to isolate at home, if they have supplies necessary to isolate at home, and if they understand the isolation period for contacts in their household.
This is then followed by a medical assessment of their clinical needs and any medical conditions they may have. If people need hospital-level care, it is arranged for them.
Over the period of required isolation, there are regular checks undertaken through a mixture of phone calls, in person visits and emails. Individuals with COVID-19 are also given a pulse oximeter to help monitor their health.
All positive cases have access to a dedicated, free 24/7 Healthline service, and are told to call 111 if they need urgent medical attention or are having issues breathing.
Website reporting of case management locations
The Ministry would like to clarify the “other” category on the case management locations section on our website.
The majority of these cases are classified under this category because their status has not yet been updated in the national infectious diseases database, EpiSurv. The vast majority of these cases have already been contacted and are under public health management. This remains the primary focus of our public health staff.
These are not people awaiting initial contact from public health officials.
