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:
- Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health – health update
Ministry of Health Update:
- 39 new confirmed, 28 probable cases, 67 total new cases
- 176 recovered cases
- 1106 total cases
- 13 in hospital, 1 ICU in critical condition
- 2846 is the 7 day rolling average
- 40,000 tests completed so far
- Marist cluster is now 72 cases
- 62 cases at Bluff wedding
- 58 cases in Matamata
- Now a national electronic platform for contact tracing.
- 43 per cent total cases are connected to overseas travel, 38 per cent are close contacts of those cases, 2 per cent as community transmission. The rest are under investigation
- Yesterday the community transmission percentage was 1%, so a 100% increase…is this the second wave?
- For comparison, yesterday was reported as 1% of 1039 or 10 cases. Today is 2% of 1109 cases or 22 cases from community transmission.
Yesterday’s details.
- 52 new and 30 probable cases, 82 total new
- 950 total cases
- 10 in hospital, 1 in ICU
- 127 people have “recovered”.
- 2264 rolling seven day average for testing, 3631 tests completed yesterday
- 33,116 total tests
COVID-19 – current cases
| Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 911 | 39 |
| Number of probable cases | 195 | 28 |
| Number of confirmed and probable cases | 1,106 | 67 |
| Number of cases in hospital | 13 | |
| Number of recovered cases | 176 | 20 |
| Number of deaths | 1 |
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
Total cases by DHB in hospital
| DHB | Number of cases | Change in last 24 hours |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 147 | 10 |
| Bay of Plenty | 32 | 1 |
| Canterbury | 92 | 6 |
| Capital and Coast | 80 | 0 |
| Counties Manukau | 81 | 4 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 33 | 4 |
| Hutt Valley | 19 | 1 |
| Lakes | 12 | 0 |
| MidCentral | 27 | 5 |
| Nelson Marlborough | 40 | 5 |
| Northland | 17 | 1 |
| South Canterbury | 10 | 0 |
| Southern | 177 | 17 |
| Tair?whiti | 1 | 0 |
| Taranaki | 14 | 0 |
| Waikato | 147 | 1 |
| Wairarapa | 8 | 0 |
| Waitemata | 157 | 12 |
| West Coast | 4 | 0 |
| Whanganui | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 1106 | 67 |
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
Total cases in hospital by DHB
| DHB | Total cases |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 1 |
| Bay of Plenty (Tauranga) | 1 |
| Capital & Coast (Wellington) | 3 |
| Counties Manukau (Middlemore) | 1 |
| Southern (Invercargill) | 1 |
| Tair?whiti | 1 |
| Taranaki | 1 |
| Waikato | 2 |
| Waitemata | 2 |
| Total | 13 |
Epidemic Curve
Total Cases by Age and Gender
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
Transmission
This information refers to the 1,106 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 6 April 2020.
| Transmission type | % of cases |
|---|---|
| Recent overseas travel | 43% |
| Contact with known case | 38% |
| Community transmission | 2% |
| Source under investigation | 17% |
Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 6 April 2020
Lab testing
| Lab Testing | Tests | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Total tested yesterday | 3,709 | 5 April 2020 |
| 7-day rolling average | 2,846 | 30 March to 5 April 2020 |
| Total tested to date | 39,918 | 9 March to 5 April 2020 |
| Supplies in stock | 44,571 | 6 April 2020 |
Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 6 April 2020.
Note: 1 new laboratory – Pathlab Tauranga – started testing on 4 April 2020.