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- 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:
- 76 new confirmed and 13 new probable cases – or 89 new cases in total.
- 797 is new total cases
- 2563 tests were processed yesterday
- 92 of those people have recovered.
- The highest number of cases have been in Southern, Auckland, Waitemata, and Waikato.
- Flu vaccine: there are distribution problems with the flu vaccine. Says more are arriving onshore and some of existing stock is being redistributed.
Police Update:
- Issues are clarity on what can and can’t be done
- Increase in family violence.
- More cops are being deployed to the Far North.
- 9000 PPE kits sent to front line Police
- Bush says there has four – possibly five – arrests over lockdown breaches.
Yesterday’s details:
- 47 new confirmed cases and 14 probable cases.
- 708 total cases
- 82 recovered
- 14 cases in hospital, 2 in ICU
- New case definition for health professionals to test possible Covid-19 cases will be released this afternoon
- Testing capacity is currently 3700 tests
COVID-19 – current cases
Summary
| Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 723 | 76 |
| Number of probable cases | 74 | 13 |
| Number of confirmed and probable cases | 797 | 89 |
| Number of cases in hospital | 13 | – |
| Number of recovered cases | 92 | 10 |
| Number of deaths | 1 |
* Note – a person is defined as recovered if they have been without symptoms for 48 hours.
View full details of the confirmed cases.
View details of significant COVID-19 clusters.
View interactive map and dashboard.
Confirmed and probable cases by DHB
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
| DHB | Total cases |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 116 |
| Bay of Plenty | 21 |
| Canterbury | 53 |
| Capital and Coast | 63 |
| Counties Manukau | 59 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 19 |
| Hutt Valley | 15 |
| Lakes | 11 |
| MidCentral | 19 |
| Nelson Marlborough | 27 |
| Northland | 11 |
| South Canterbury | 10 |
| Southern | 118 |
| Tair?whiti | 1 |
| Taranaki | 15 |
| Waikato | 117 |
| Wairarapa | 6 |
| Waitemata | 108 |
| West Coast | 3 |
| Whanganui | 5 |
| Total | 797 |
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
| Ethnicity | No. of cases |
|---|---|
| Asian | 63 |
| European or Other | 569 |
| M?ori | 56 |
| Middle Eastern / Latin American / African | 21 |
| Pacific People | 23 |
| Unknown |
Transmission
This information refers to the 708 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 1 April 2020.
This information refers to the 797 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 2 April 2020.
| Source of transmission | % of cases |
|---|---|
| Recent overseas travel | 51% |
| Contact with known case | 31% |
| Community transmission | 1% |
| Source under investigation | 17% |
This information refers to the 708 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 1 April 2020.
Lab testing
| Lab testing | Tests | Date range |
|---|---|---|
| 7-day rolling average | 1,835 (per day) | 26 March – 1 April 2020 |
| Total lab tests to date | 26,015 | 3 March – 1 April 2020 |