There are now hundreds of prisoners infected with Covid-19 in the country's Corrections facilities.
File photo. Photo: RNZ/ Nick Monro
The Department of Corrections is managing 359 active cases at 11 prisons, of which more than half are in Auckland.
That includes 153 positive cases at the Mt Eden Corrections Facility, 56 at Auckland Prison and 40 at Auckland South Corrections Facility.
There have been 85 new cases in prisons in the past day.
Since March 2020, Corrections has managed 604 cases among inmates.
Today, there the Ministry of Health said there are 22,454 community cases and four deaths. There are also 742 in hospital and 19 in ICU.