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Government COVID-19 Response Briefing

Ministry of Health Update:

  • Five new cases
  • Four of the cases are linked to existing clusters, and one is still under investigation.
  • Another death. A woman in her 70s in Waitakere hospital died last night. She had been transferred from CHT St Margarets Hospital and Rest Home.
  • Seven people in hospital, one less than yesterday. This total includes one person in the ICU in Middlemore.
  • The combined total of tests undertaken to date are 115,015.

Yesterday’s details:

  • 5 new cases, 2 confirmed, 3 probable
  • 1456 total cases
  • Another death, from Rosewood cluster, man in his 60s
  • 10th from Rosewood cluster to die
  • 1095 recovered, increase of 30
  • 8 in hospital, 1 in ICU
  • 16 significant clusters
  • 6961 tested completed yesterday
  • 108,238 total tests
Total       Change in last 24 hours
Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand1,1173
Number of probable cases3442
Number of confirmed and probable cases1,4615
Number of cases currently in hospital7-1
Number of recovered cases1,11823
Number of deaths181

View details of confirmed and probable cases.

View details of significant COVID-19 clusters.

View data for testing rates by ethnicity and DHB.

View interactive map and dashboard.

Confirmed and probable cases by DHB

Total cases by DHB in hospital

DHBTotal cases
Auckland3
Counties Manukau (Middlemore)1
Hawke’s Bay1
South Canterbury1
Waitemat?1
Total7

Note: One of the seven in hospital is in ICU as at 9:00am 25 April 2020

The above count excludes the four patients in Waitakere Hospital who have been moved from their aged residential care facility.

Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).

Total cases in hospital by DHB

DHBActiveRecoveredDeceasedTotalChange in last 24 hours
Auckland26148 174-9
Bay of Plenty1433 470
Canterbury48102101602
Capital and Coast27662950
Counties Manukau16102 1185
Hawke’s Bay1527 420
Hutt Valley515 200
Lakes214 160
Mid Central229 310
Nelson Marlborough642 480
Northland1117 281
South Canterbury88 160
Southern2119322160
Tair?whiti13 40
Taranaki212 140
Waikato6712311912
Wairarapa08 80
Waitemat?5216522194
West Coast04150
Whanganui27 90
Total32511181814615

Epidemic Curve

Total Cases by Age and Gender

Age GroupActiveRecoveredDeceasedTotal
0 to 92014 34
10 to 191599 114
20 to 2942311 353
30 to 3953166 219
40 to 4949165 214
50 to 5957183 240
60 to 69411302173
70+485016114
Total3251118181461

Ethnicity percentages of all cases

Note: A person who identifies with more than one ethnic group is allocated to a single ethnic group in the following order of priority: Maori, Pacific, Asian and European/Other.

For a detailed break down of ethnicity and DHB region testing see Testing by region.

Transmission

Transmission type% of cases
Imported cases39%
Imported related cases41%
Locally acquired cases, epidemiologically linked15%
Locally acquired cases, unknown source3%
Source under investigation2%

Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 25 April 2020

Please note that ESR has changed the source definitions, cases have been classified by source of infection as follows:

  • Imported cases: Cases with a reported history of international travel within 14 days of onset.
  • Imported related cases: Cases that have a reported link (close contact or epidemiological link) to an imported/overseas acquired case.
  • Locally acquired cases, epidemiologically linked: Cases that have a reported link (close contact or other epidemiological link) to a locally acquired case with unknown source.
  • Locally acquired cases, unknown source: Cases that have no reported history of international travel within 14 days of onset and no recorded epidemiological link to a source case.
  • Source of infection remains under investigation whereby source of infection could not be classified due to incomplete EpiSurv case report forms. These cases are removed from further analyses in the sections below.

Lab testing and capacity

 TestsDate
Total tested yesterday6,77724 April 2020
7-day rolling average5,13418 April to 24 April 2020
Total tested to date115,01522 January to 24 April 2020
Supplies in stock76,57125 April 2020

Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 25 April 2020

View a detailed break down of testing by region.

COVID-19 – tests by day and cumulative

DateTests per dayTotal tests (cumulative)
22 Jan – 8 Mar 300
9-Mar12312
10-Mar89401
11-Mar83484
12-Mar31515
13-Mar35550
14-Mar34584
15-Mar142726
16-Mar3251051
17-Mar6591710
18-Mar12092919
19-Mar12914210
20-Mar15545764
21-Mar11766940
22-Mar12568196
23-Mar10509246
24-Mar154410790
25-Mar259213382
26-Mar211715499
27-Mar206717566
28-Mar180919375
29-Mar91820293
30-Mar139121684
31-Mar209323777
1-Apr256226339
2-Apr344629785
3-Apr363133416
4-Apr309336509
5-Apr370940218
6-Apr290843126
7-Apr404947175
8-Apr399051165
9-Apr452055685
10-Apr306158746
11-Apr242161167
12-Apr166062827
13-Apr157264399
14-Apr210066499
15-Apr366170160
16-Apr424174401
17-Apr467779078
18-Apr414683224
19-Apr308186305
20-Apr320389508
21-Apr528994797
22-Apr6480101277
23-Apr6961108238
24-Apr6777115015

Note: Two sets of cumulative test data have been reconciled to give cumulative total from 22 January 2020 when testing began.

A contribution from The BFD staff.