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:
- Mike Bush, Commissioner of Police – update on Covid-19 national response
- Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health – health update
Ministry of Health Update:
- 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.
- The highest number of cases have been in Southern, Auckland, Waitemata, and Waikato.
- Flu vaccine: there are distribution problems with the flu vaccine. Says more are arriving onshore and some of existing stock is being redistributed.
Police Update:
- Issues are clarity on what can and can’t be done
- Increase in family violence.
- More cops are being deployed to the Far North.
- 9000 PPE kits sent to front line Police
- Bush says there has four – possibly five – arrests over lockdown breaches.
Yesterday’s details:
- 47 new confirmed cases and 14 probable cases.
- 708 total cases
- 82 recovered
- 14 cases in hospital, 2 in ICU
- New case definition for health professionals to test possible Covid-19 cases will be released this afternoon
- Testing capacity is currently 3700 tests
COVID-19 – current cases
Summary
Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
---|---|---|
Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 723 | 76 |
Number of probable cases | 74 | 13 |
Number of confirmed and probable cases | 797 | 89 |
Number of cases in hospital | 13 | – |
Number of recovered cases | 92 | 10 |
Number of deaths | 1 |
* Note – a person is defined as recovered if they have been without symptoms for 48 hours.
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
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
DHB | Total cases |
---|---|
Auckland | 116 |
Bay of Plenty | 21 |
Canterbury | 53 |
Capital and Coast | 63 |
Counties Manukau | 59 |
Hawke’s Bay | 19 |
Hutt Valley | 15 |
Lakes | 11 |
MidCentral | 19 |
Nelson Marlborough | 27 |
Northland | 11 |
South Canterbury | 10 |
Southern | 118 |
Tair?whiti | 1 |
Taranaki | 15 |
Waikato | 117 |
Wairarapa | 6 |
Waitemata | 108 |
West Coast | 3 |
Whanganui | 5 |
Total | 797 |
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
Ethnicity | No. of cases |
---|---|
Asian | 63 |
European or Other | 569 |
M?ori | 56 |
Middle Eastern / Latin American / African | 21 |
Pacific People | 23 |
Unknown |
Transmission
This information refers to the 708 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 1 April 2020.
This information refers to the 797 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 2 April 2020.
Source of transmission | % of cases |
---|---|
Recent overseas travel | 51% |
Contact with known case | 31% |
Community transmission | 1% |
Source under investigation | 17% |
This information refers to the 708 confirmed and probable cases as at 9.00 am 1 April 2020.
Lab testing
Lab testing | Tests | Date range |
---|---|---|
7-day rolling average | 1,835 (per day) | 26 March – 1 April 2020 |
Total lab tests to date | 26,015 | 3 March – 1 April 2020 |