We are at
Level 4of 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:
- Hon Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance
- Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health
Ministry of Health Update:
- Two new deaths
- A man in his 90s from Hamilton, connected to Matamata cluster
- A woman in her 80s, connected to Rosewood cluster
- 8 new cases – 2 new confirmed and 6 new probables.
- Total deaths 11
- 1409 total cases
- 12 in hospital, 3 in ICU, 2 in critical
- 816 recovered
- 16 significant clusters – no change from yesterday.
- 4241 tests yesterday
- Total tests to date 74,401
- Testing criteria expanded to all respiratory symptoms
- More than 2000 tests were run yesterday. DHBs in Waikato, Canterbury, and Queenstown have been running asymptomatic testing of people.
- McElnay, Director of Public Health bizarrely claims that we have a robust definition of recovered
Finance Minister Update:
- Level 3 will not be markably different than level 4. “It is not a return to pre-Covid days, we are some time from that,” he says.
- Lockdowns in places like the UK and India have extended lockdowns. “This is a long game, a marathon, not a sprint.”
- Roberston says hunting is high risk despite the fact that cycling and many other sports that are allowed are in the top 20 ACC claim profiles, while hunting is not.
- Robertson said there isn’t a ban on hunting, there’s a piece of work underway to assess whether it can safely go ahead in alert level three. He said there was an error on the website yesterday.
- Under level three relocation rules, can someone move to their holiday home for the entirety of the next period? Robertson said they want people to essentially stay where they are. If they need to relocate for work, then that’s okay, but they don’t want a lot of people just going to their holiday homes.
Yesterday’s details.
- 15 new cases – 6 new confirmed and 9 new probables. No further deaths.
- 770 recovered
- 1401 total cases
- 12 in hospital, 3 in ICU, 2 in critical
- Over 3000 tests undertaken yesterday, taking total tests to over 70,000.
- Sentinel testing going on
- Queenstown testing underway
- 16 significant clusters – no change from yesterday. Of the 15 new cases 11 are connected to the clusters.
COVID-19 – current cases
Total | Change in last 24 hours | |
---|---|---|
Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 1,086 | 2 |
Number of probable cases | 323 | 6 |
Number of confirmed and probable cases | 1,409 | 8 |
Number of cases currently in hospital | 14 | 2 |
Number of recovered cases | 816 | 46 |
Number of deaths | 11 | 2 |
Notes:
- 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. For more details please refer to Case definition of COVID-19 infection.
- 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.
- The number of confirmed and probable cases reported in the last 24 hours includes cases which were entered on an earlier date as ‘under investigation’ or ‘suspected’ whose status has now been changed to confirmed or probable.
View details of confirmed and probable 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 | 5 |
Canterbury | 1 |
Counties Manukau (Middlemore) | 2 |
Northland | 1 |
South Canterbury | 1 |
Southern | 1 |
Waikato | 2 |
Waitemata | 1 |
Total | 14 |
Note: Three of the 14 in hospital are in ICU as at 8.30 am 17 April 2020.
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
Total cases in hospital by DHB
DHB | Active | Recovered | Deceased | Total | Change in last 24 hours |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auckland | 53 | 131 | 184 | 1 | |
Bay of Plenty | 14 | 30 | 44 | 0 | |
Canterbury | 64 | 75 | 7 | 146 | 3 |
Capital and Coast | 44 | 46 | 2 | 92 | 1 |
Counties Manukau | 42 | 67 | 109 | 0 | |
Hawke’s Bay | 23 | 18 | 41 | 0 | |
Hutt Valley | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0 | |
Lakes | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | |
Mid Central | 10 | 19 | 29 | 0 | |
Nelson Marlborough | 15 | 33 | 48 | 0 | |
Northland | 17 | 9 | 26 | 0 | |
South Canterbury | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | |
Southern | 67 | 147 | 214 | 1 | |
Tair?whiti | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Taranaki | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | |
Waikato | 102 | 80 | 1 | 183 | 1 |
Wairarapa | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
Waitemat? | 98 | 107 | 1 | 206 | 1 |
West Coast | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
Whanganui | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 582 | 816 | 11 | 1,409 | 8 |
Epidemic Curve
Total Cases by Age and Gender
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
Transmission
Transmission type | % of cases |
---|---|
Contact with known case | 54% |
Recent overseas travel | 39% |
Community transmission | 3% |
Source under investigation | 3% |
Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 17 April 2020
Lab testing and capacity
Lab Testing | Tests | Date |
---|---|---|
Total tested yesterday | 4,241 | 16 April 2020 |
7-day rolling average | 2,674 | 10 April to 16 April 2020 |
Total tested to date | 74,401 | 22 January to 16 April 2020 |
Supplies in stock | 67,702 | 17 April 2020 |
Source: ESR EpiSurv extract as at 09:00 17 April 2020
For a detailed break down of ethnicity and DHB region testing see 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 |
Note: Two sets of cumulative test data have been reconciled to give cumulative total from 22 January 2020 when testing began.