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:
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
- Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health
Ministry of Health Update:
- 1 new death, St Margaret’s member.
- Total deaths now 19
- 5 news cases, 1 confirmed, 4 probable
- 3 linked to St Margaret’s cluster
- 1469 total cases
- 6 reclassified, so the current total 1469 a net reduction of 1
- The total confirmed cases number is 1122, which is the number NZ reports internationally.
- 123,920 total tests
- 1180 recovered…so more recovered than actually reported to WHO, shows ridiculous situation of recovered
- New Health Act order s71 notice comes into effect for Alert Level 3
- Bloomfield said it gives us confidence we’ve achieved elimination, which doesn’t mean zero cases, but we know where they’re coming from.
PM Update:
- Sloganeering and over-emoting from PM
- Heavy on the fake concern
- Still falsely claiming “one of the highest testing rates in the world”
- Actual position on testing criteria is 27th, so nowhere near on e of the highest. Fact Check link: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
- Quoting statistics and models from a physics expert, Dr Shaun Hendy, who is not an epidemiologist
- Covid transmission rate under lockdown is 0.4
- Overview of the week: Cabinet meeting at 10am tomorrow. Today will be the last day of the regular press conferences.
- Monday May 11 will be when Cabinet decides wither or not to move out of level 3.
- Tova O’Brien spreads fake news about Trump and disinfectant.
Yesterday’s details:
- Nine new cases, four were linked to existing clusters, and five were linked to known confirmed cases
- Total to 1470 cases.
- There were 1,142 cases that had been reported as recovered
- Seven people were still hospital and that included one person in the ICU in Middlemore.
| Total | Change in last 24 hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 1,122 | 1 |
| Number of probable cases | 347 | -2 |
| Number of confirmed and probable cases | 1,469 | -1 |
| Number of cases currently in hospital | 7 | 0 |
| Number of recovered cases | 1,180 | 38 |
| Number of deaths (as at 1 pm 27 April) | 19 | 1 |
Note – 27 April: There are five new cases today, one confirmed and four probable cases. Six cases that were probable yesterday have been reclassified as under investigation or not a case following discussion with MOH. This results in a net decrease in total cases by one.
About the data:
- Source: This is provisional information taken daily at 9am from a live database, EpiSurv (ESR) and is likely to change as more details are provided about individual cases.
- Confirmed cases are people that have had a positive laboratory test. For more details please refer to Case definition of COVID-19 infection.
- A probable case is one without a positive laboratory result, but which is treated like a confirmed case based on its exposure history and clinical symptoms.
- Recovered cases are people who had the virus, are at least 10 days since onset and have not exhibited symptoms for 48 hours, and have been cleared by the health professional responsible for their monitoring.
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
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
Total cases by Region
| DHB | Active | Recovered | Deceased | Total | Change in last 24 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 25 | 150 | 175 | 0 | |
| Bay of Plenty | 10 | 37 | 47 | 0 | |
| Canterbury | 43 | 109 | 10 | 162 | 0 |
| Capital and Coast | 13 | 80 | 2 | 95 | 0 |
| Counties Manukau | 20 | 102 | 122 | 2 | |
| Hawke’s Bay | 13 | 30 | 43 | 0 | |
| Hutt Valley | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lakes | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mid Central | 1 | 30 | 31 | 0 | |
| Nelson Marlborough | 6 | 42 | 48 | 0 | |
| Northland | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0 | |
| South Canterbury | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | |
| Southern | 16 | 198 | 2 | 216 | 0 |
| Tairawhiti | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Taranaki | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | |
| Waikato | 48 | 137 | 1 | 186 | -6 |
| Wairarapa | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| Waitemata | 46 | 174 | 2 | 222 | 2 |
| West Coast | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Whanganui | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 271 | 1180 | 18 | 1469 | -1 |
Total cases in hospital by DHB
| DHB | Total cases |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 3 |
| Bay of Plenty | 1 |
| Counties Manukau | 1 |
| South Canterbury | 1 |
| Waitemat? | 1 |
| Total | 7 |
Note: One of the seven in hospital is in ICU as at 9:00am 27 April 2020
The above count excludes the 4 patients in Waitakere Hospital who were moved from St Margaret’s aged residential care facility.
Epidemic Curve
Total Cases by Age and Gender
| Age Group | Active | Recovered | Deceased | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 16 | 18 | 34 | |
| 10 to 19 | 13 | 103 | 116 | |
| 20 to 29 | 29 | 323 | 352 | |
| 30 to 39 | 45 | 176 | 221 | |
| 40 to 49 | 44 | 172 | 216 | |
| 50 to 59 | 48 | 195 | 243 | |
| 60 to 69 | 34 | 137 | 2 | 173 |
| 70+ | 42 | 56 | 16 | 114 |
| Total | 271 | 1180 | 18 | 1469 |
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 cases | 39% |
| Imported related cases | 33% |
| Locally acquired cases, epidemiologically linked | 23% |
| Locally acquired cases, unknown source | 3% |
| Source under investigation | 2% |
Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 27 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
| Tests | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total tested yesterday | 2,939 | 26 April 2020 |
| 7-day rolling average | 5,374 | 20 April to 26 April 2020 |
| Total tested to date | 123,920 | 22 January to 26 April 2020 |
| Supplies in stock | 69,258 | 27 April 2020 |
View a detailed break down of testing by region.
COVID-19 – tests by day and cumulative
| Date | Tests per day | Total tests (cumulative) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan – 8 Mar | 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 |
| 9-Apr | 4520 | 55685 |
| 10-Apr | 3061 | 58746 |
| 11-Apr | 2421 | 61167 |
| 12-Apr | 1660 | 62827 |
| 13-Apr | 1572 | 64399 |
| 14-Apr | 2100 | 66499 |
| 15-Apr | 3661 | 70160 |
| 16-Apr | 4241 | 74401 |
| 17-Apr | 4677 | 79078 |
| 18-Apr | 4146 | 83224 |
| 19-Apr | 3081 | 86305 |
| 20-Apr | 3203 | 89508 |
| 21-Apr | 5289 | 94797 |
| 22-Apr | 6480 | 101277 |
| 23-Apr | 6961 | 108238 |
| 24-Apr | 6777 | 115015 |
| 25-Apr | 5966 | 120981 |
| 26-Apr | 2939 | 123920 |
Note: Two sets of cumulative test data have been reconciled to give cumulative total from 22 January 2020 when testing began.