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:
- No new deaths
- 76 new cases, 60 new confirmed. 3 suspected
- 63 recovered
- 12 in hospital. 3 to be discharged soon, 2 in ICU.
- 1728 average tests per day over last 7 days
- Still strong link to overseas travel, several clusters
- 589 total cases
- Of 455 cases – 57 per cent over overseas travel, 27 per cent close link to a known case. Just two per cent or about ten cases are thought to be cases of community transmission.
Police Update
- Compliance
- Vast majority complying
- Since new website for snitching launched over 4000 reports filed.
- 1000 relate to businesses, rest relate to people
- Kiwis embracing snitching
- 3 people arrested for persistent breaches, 2 released, 1 still in custody.
- Road checkpoints aren’t currently part of their deployment model but could become part of it.
- Policing nationally
- Small rise in family violence reports, but now reducing.
- Massive decline in public violence
- Significant decline in arrests generally
- Two Police staff have tested positive
- Returning Kiwis
- 4567 returned, 94 symptomatic and in quarantine
- 1200 with no plans and therefore in managed isolation
COVID-19 – current cases
Summary
Total to date | New in last 24 hours | |
---|---|---|
Number of confirmed cases in New Zealand | 552 | 76 |
Number of probable cases | 37 | -1 |
Number of confirmed and probable cases | 589 | 75 |
Number of cases in hospital | 12 | – |
Number of recovered cases | 63 | 6 |
Number of deaths | 1 |
View full details of the confirmed cases.
View details of significant COVID-19 clusters.
Confirmed and probable cases by DHB
As at 9.30 am, 29 March 2020
Download the Map of confirmed and probable cases by DHB (PDF, 282 KB).
DHB | Total cases |
---|---|
Auckland | 91 |
Bay of Plenty | 11 |
Canterbury | 49 |
Capital and Coast | 57 |
Counties Manukau | 40 |
Hawke’s Bay | 12 |
Hutt Valley | 13 |
Lakes | 9 |
MidCentral | 11 |
Nelson Marlborough | 20 |
Northland | 9 |
South Canterbury | 7 |
Southern | 83 |
Tairawhiti | 1 |
Taranaki | 11 |
Waikato | 76 |
Wairarapa | 5 |
Waitemata | 78 |
West Coast | 3 |
Whanganui | 3 |
Total | 589 |
Ethnicity percentages of all cases
Ethnicity | No. of cases |
---|---|
Asian | 47 |
European or Other | 430 |
M?ori | 27 |
Middle Eastern / Latin American / African | 17 |
Pacific People | 14 |
Unknown | 54 |