We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels.
- Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services.
- Only make physical contact with those that you live with.
Government COVID-19 Response Briefing
The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today.
Speakers:
- Mike Bush, Commissioner of Police – update on Covid-19 national response
- Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health – health update.
Ministry of Health Update:
- No new deaths
- 76 new cases, 60 new confirmed. 3 suspected
- 63 recovered
- 12 in hospital. 3 to be discharged soon, 2 in ICU.
- 1728 average tests per day over last 7 days
- Still strong link to overseas travel, several clusters
- 589 total cases
- Of 455 cases – 57 per cent over overseas travel, 27 per cent close link to a known case. Just two per cent or about ten cases are thought to be cases of community transmission.
Police Update
- Compliance
- Vast majority complying
- Since new website for snitching launched over 4000 reports filed.
- 1000 relate to businesses, rest relate to people
- Kiwis embracing snitching
- 3 people arrested for persistent breaches, 2 released, 1 still in custody.
- Road checkpoints aren’t currently part of their deployment model but could become part of it.
- Policing nationally
- Small rise in family violence reports, but now reducing.
- Massive decline in public violence
- Significant decline in arrests generally
- Two Police staff have tested positive
- Returning Kiwis
- 4567 returned, 94 symptomatic and in quarantine
- 1200 with no plans and therefore in managed isolation
COVID-19 – current cases
Summary
| Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 552 | 76 |
| Number of probable cases | 37 | -1 |
| Number of confirmed and probable cases | 589 | 75 |
| Number of cases in hospital | 12 | – |
| Number of recovered cases | 63 | 6 |
| Number of deaths | 1 |
View full details of the confirmed cases.
View details of significant COVID-19 clusters.
Confirmed and probable cases by DHB
As at 9.30 am, 29 March 2020
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
| DHB | Total cases |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 91 |
| Bay of Plenty | 11 |
| Canterbury | 49 |
| Capital and Coast | 57 |
| Counties Manukau | 40 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 12 |
| Hutt Valley | 13 |
| Lakes | 9 |
| MidCentral | 11 |
| Nelson Marlborough | 20 |
| Northland | 9 |
| South Canterbury | 7 |
| Southern | 83 |
| Tairawhiti | 1 |
| Taranaki | 11 |
| Waikato | 76 |
| Wairarapa | 5 |
| Waitemata | 78 |
| West Coast | 3 |
| Whanganui | 3 |
| Total | 589 |
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
| Ethnicity | No. of cases |
|---|---|
| Asian | 47 |
| European or Other | 430 |
| M?ori | 27 |
| Middle Eastern / Latin American / African | 17 |
| Pacific People | 14 |
| Unknown | 54 |
