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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:
- Sarah Stuart-Black, Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management – update on Covid-19 national response
- Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health – health update
Ministry of Health Update:
- 49 new and 22 probable cases, 71 total new
- 868 total cases
- 2000 tests per day
- 103 people have recovered.
- Bizarrely, unlike the rest of the world, a negative test is not required to declare someone as recovered
- Bloomfield misleads again on what “recovered” means. NZ seems to have its own definition. We are not aligned with any other country.
- Gives the fourth definition so far of what “recovered” means
- Now 10 clusters
- The Marist College cluster now has 59 cases and growing
- 135 people in quarantine, meaning they were symptomatic on arrival.People without sufficient and socially isolated plans to travel to their home, they are put into “managed accommodation”. There were 1405 people in such accommodation.
- Latest advice from WHO on the progression of the virus. “The average time between being exposed to, and developing symptoms, is five to six days,” he said. Pre-symptomatic people can infect others, in some cases, he said. “It may be that people are infectious for one to three days before they develop symptoms.”
- Bluff cluster had a greater number of cases, which was to be expected. The cluster of cases have come from a wedding.
- Bloomfield also coughed into his hands
Yesterday’s details.
- 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.
COVID-19 – current cases
| Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 772 | 49 |
| Number of probable cases | 96 | 22 |
| Number of confirmed and probable cases | 868 | 71 |
| Number of cases in hospital | 13 | – |
| Number of recovered cases | 103 | 11 |
| 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
Note: Yesterday (2 April 2020) Taranaki showed 15 Cases. This was an input error by the PHU which has since been rectified.
Total cases by DHB in hospital
| DHB | Total cases |
|---|---|
| Auckland City Hospital | 1 |
| Middlemore Hospital | 1 |
| Tauranga Hospital | 1 |
| Tairawhiti/Gisborne Hospital | 1 |
| Waikato Hospital | 1 |
| Taranaki | 1 |
| Hawkes Bay Hospital | 1 |
| Wellington City Hospital | 3 |
| Wairau Hospital, Blenheim | 1 |
| Canterbury | 1 |
| Dunedin | 1 |
| Total | 13 |
Note: One of the 13 in hospital is in ICU and is stable
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
| DHB | Total cases | New in last 24 hours |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 121 | 5 |
| Bay of Plenty | 28 | 7 |
| Canterbury | 59 | 6 |
| Capital and Coast | 66 | 3 |
| Counties Manukau | 62 | 3 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 24 | 5 |
| Hutt Valley | 17 | 2 |
| Lakes | 11 | – |
| MidCentral | 20 | 1 |
| Nelson Marlborough | 30 | 3 |
| Northland | 13 | 2 |
| South Canterbury | 10 | – |
| Southern | 132 | 14 |
| Tairawhiti | 1 | – |
| Taranaki | 14 | -1 |
| Waikato | 125 | 8 |
| Wairarapa | 8 | 2 |
| Waitemata | 117 | 9 |
| West Coast | 3 | – |
| Whanganui | 7 | 2 |
| Total | 868 | 71 |
Note: Yesterday (2 April 2020) Taranaki showed 15 Cases. This was an input error by the PHU which has since been rectified.
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
| Ethnicity | No. of cases |
|---|---|
| Asian | 69 |
| European or Other | 628 |
| Maori | 62 |
| Middle Eastern / Latin American / African | 21 |
| Pacific People | 23 |
| Unknown | 65 |
Transmission
This information refers to the 868 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 3 April 2020.
| Source of transmission | % of cases |
|---|---|
| Recent overseas travel | 49% |
| Contact with known case | 33% |
| Community transmission | 1% |
| Source under investigation | 17% |
Lab testing
| Lab testing | Tests | Date range |
|---|---|---|
| 7-day rolling average | 2,041 (per day) | 27 March – 2 April 2020 |
| Total lab tests to date | 29,485 | 9 March – 2 April 2020 |