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, 9 April 2020.
Speakers:
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
- Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health
Ministry of Health Update:
- 23 new confirmed, 6 probable cases, 29 total new cases
- 317 people who have recovered
- 1239 total cases
- 14 in hospital, 4 ICU in critical condition
- 3547 is the 7 day rolling average number of tests
- 3990 tests tests yesterday
- 12 clusters. Matamata 64, Bluff 87, Marist 84
Prime Minister Update:
- Halfway mark, praise from PM for Kiwis for lock down.
- Apparently we are alone in the world to stamp out Covid-19, somehow.
- On track to meet optimist scenarios
- Plan is working, but success does not mean reduction in rules.
- Police enforcement will continue, and in some instance increase
- “We cannot let the selfish actions of a few set us back, and we won’t”
- An extra 4,866 Kiwis on a benefit, and last week that number increased by another 10,000
- Best economic response, is a health response.
- Borders tightened, quarantine required for 14 days for every Kiwi returning.
- Also for anyone else arriving as well.
- Despite only requiring quarantine now still claiming we went hard and early
- A network of up to 18 hotels will be used to implement this approach, of which one to two will be specifically set aside for those under strict quarantine conditions.
- The Ministry of Health is working on a contact tracing app.
- Might be able to get the open source tech for this from Singapore, speaking with Singapore’s Prime Minister this evening
- Claims we have high level of testing despite less than 1% of population having been tested
- Will not be moving out of Level 4 early. If we move to early, we will go backwards
- Businesses being asked to prepare now for any alert level
Yesterday’s details:
- 26 new confirmed, 24 probable cases, 50 total new cases
- 282 people who have recovered
- 1210 total cases
- 12 in hospital, 4 ICU in critical condition
- 3343 is the 7 day rolling average number of tests
- 4098 tests tests yesterday, highest number of tests on a single day
- Over 45,000 tests
- Community transmission at 2%
COVID-19 – current cases
| Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 992 | 23 |
| Number of probable cases | 247 | 6 |
| Number of confirmed and probable cases | 1,239 | 29 |
| Number of cases in hospital | 14 | 2 |
| Number of recovered cases | 317 | 35 |
| 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 | 159 | 4 |
| Bay of Plenty | 40 | 2 |
| Canterbury | 119 | 5 |
| Capital and Coast | 83 | 1 |
| Counties Manukau | 95 | 3 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 35 | 0 |
| Hutt Valley | 21 | 0 |
| Lakes | 12 | 0 |
| MidCentral | 28 | 0 |
| Nelson Marlborough | 48 | 2 |
| Northland | 20 | 0 |
| South Canterbury | 10 | 0 |
| Southern | 200 | 5 |
| Tair?whiti | 1 | 0 |
| Taranaki | 14 | 0 |
| Waikato | 163 | 4 |
| Wairarapa | 8 | 0 |
| Waitemata | 171 | 2 |
| West Coast | 5 | 1 |
| Whanganui | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 1239 | 29 |
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
Total cases in hospital by DHB
| DHB | Total cases |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 2 |
| Canterbury | 1 |
| Capital & Coast (Wellington) | 2 |
| Counties Manukau (Middlemore) | 2 |
| South Canterbury | 1 |
| Southern (Lakes District, Dunedin & Southland) | 3 |
| Waikato | 1 |
| Waitemata | 2 |
| Total | 14 |
Note: Four of the 12 in hospital are in ICU.
Epidemic Curve
Total Cases by Age and Gender
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
Transmission
This information refers to the 1,210 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 9 April 2020.
| Transmission type | % of cases |
|---|---|
| Recent overseas travel | 41% |
| Contact with known case | 44% |
| Community transmission | 2% |
| Source under investigation | 13% |
Lab testing
| Lab Testing | Tests | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Total tested yesterday | 3,990 | 8 April 2020 |
| 7-day rolling average | 3,547 | 2 to 8 April 2020 |
| Total tested to date | 51,165 | 22 January to 8 April 2020 |
| Supplies in stock | 47,056 | 9 April 2020 |
Note: Two sets of cumulative test data have been reconciled to give cumulative total from 22 January 2020 when testing began.
COVID-19 – tests by day and cumulative
| Date | Tests per Day | Total Tests (Cumulative) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan – 8 Apr | 300 | |
| 9-Mar | 12 | 312 |
| 10-Mar | 89 | 401 |
| 11-Mar | 83 | 484 |
| 12-Mar | 31 | 515 |
| 13-Mar | 35 | 550 |
| 14-Mar | 34 | 584 |
| 15-Mar | 142 | 726 |
| 16-Mar | 325 | 1051 |
| 17-Mar | 659 | 1710 |
| 18-Mar | 1209 | 2919 |
| 19-Mar | 1291 | 4210 |
| 20-Mar | 1554 | 5764 |
| 21-Mar | 1176 | 6940 |
| 22-Mar | 1256 | 8196 |
| 23-Mar | 1050 | 9246 |
| 24-Mar | 1544 | 10790 |
| 25-Mar | 2592 | 13382 |
| 26-Mar | 2117 | 15499 |
| 27-Mar | 2067 | 17566 |
| 28-Mar | 1809 | 19375 |
| 29-Mar | 918 | 20293 |
| 30-Mar | 1391 | 21684 |
| 31-Mar | 2093 | 23777 |
| 1-Apr | 2562 | 26339 |
| 2-Apr | 3446 | 29785 |
| 3-Apr | 3631 | 33416 |
| 4-Apr | 3093 | 36509 |
| 5-Apr | 3709 | 40218 |
| 6-Apr | 2908 | 43126 |
| 7-Apr | 4049 | 47175 |
| 8-Apr | 3990 | 51165 |
Note: Two sets of cumulative test data have been reconciled to give cumulative total from 22 January 2020 when testing began.