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
Ministry of Health Update:
- 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
- Capacity to do 6,000 tests per day
- 100,000 nasal and throat swabs in stocks, and 37,000 full test kits
- Less than half of all cases, 47% are strongly linked with travel. First time it is less than 50%. Now more than 50% are community spread.
- 10 clusters, still growing
- No changes to recovery definition. New Zealand will STILL NOT test for negative results before declaring someone as “recovered”. NZ is alone in the world for this definition.
- Not revising advice regarding masks. Ignoring US CDC advice overnight for Americans to wear masks.
- Say they are waiting to see what the advice says from CDC. To help them, here it is: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html
- Discounting situation in USA, saying NZ is better off than US. This is pretty lackadaisical advice from Bloomfield.
- Continuing government talking points that we went hard and early.
- Talking about flattening off of cases, but they’ve only just expanding criteria for testing. Until recently they’ve only been testing travel-related cases. Big assumptions being made here.
- Government spin lines now delivered directly by civil servants
Yesterday’s details.
- 49 new and 22 probable cases, 71 total new
- 868 total cases
- 2000 tests per day
- 103 people have recovered.
COVID-19 – current cases
| Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 824 | 52 |
| Number of probable cases | 126 | 30 |
| Number of confirmed and probable cases | 950 | 82 |
| Number of cases in hospital | 10 | |
| Number of recovered cases | 127 | 24 |
| 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 | Total cases |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 1 |
| Bay of Plenty | 1 |
| Capital & Coast | 3 |
| Counties Manukau | 1 |
| Nelson Marlborough | 1 |
| Tairawhiti | 1 |
| Taranaki | 1 |
| Waikato | 1 |
| Total | 10 |
Note: One of the 10 in hospital is in ICU and is stable
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
| DHB | Number of cases | Change in last 24 hours |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 127 | 6 |
| Bay of Plenty | 30 | 2 |
| Canterbury | 66 | 7 |
| Capital and Coast | 73 | 7 |
| Counties Manukau | 70 | 8 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 29 | 5 |
| Hutt Valley | 18 | 1 |
| Lakes | 11 | 0 |
| MidCentral | 21 | 1 |
| Nelson Marlborough | 32 | 2 |
| Northland | 13 | 0 |
| South Canterbury | 10 | 0 |
| Southern | 151 | 19 |
| Tair?whiti | 1 | 0 |
| Taranaki | 14 | 0 |
| Waikato | 136 | 11 |
| Wairarapa | 8 | 0 |
| Waitemata | 129 | 12 |
| West Coast | 4 | 1 |
| Whanganui | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 950 | 82 |
Epidemic Curve
Total Cases by Age and Gender
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
Transmission
This information refers to the 950 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 4 April 2020.
| Transmission type | % of cases |
|---|---|
| Recent overseas travel | 47% |
| Contact with known case | 34% |
| Community transmission | 1% |
| Source under investigation | 17% |
Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 4 April 2020
Lab testing
| Lab Testing | Tests | % Difference | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily total | 3,631 | 5% | 3 April 2020 |
| 7-day rolling average | 2,264 | 11% | 28 March to 3 April 2020 |
| Total tested to date | 33,116 | 12% | 9 March to 3 April 2020 |
| Test capacity | 6,271 | 15% | 4 April 2020 |
| Supplies in stock | 24,886 | -34% | 4 April 2020 |
Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 4 April 2020