New Zealand / Covid 19

Covid-19 update: Four new cases in MIQ, including two from Australia

13:13 pm on 15 August 2021

There have been four new cases and two historical cases of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation in the past two days, with no new cases in the community.

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In a statement released this afternoon, the Ministry of Health said the new cases including two who came from Australia and tested positive on day three.

Numbers remain high across the Tasman in New South Wales, with another 415 community cases reported today.

The others came from the UK and Hungary, while the historical cases came from India and Japan

The number of active cases in New Zealand is now 39. The total number of confirmed cases is 2563.

In the last update on Friday, there was one new case in managed isolation.

Vaccine update

The Ministry also provided an update on vaccination numbers, saying more than 2.48 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to date.

These include 1.57 million first doses and 910,731 second doses.

A total of 43,348 vaccine doses were administered yesterday, including 30,099 first doses and 13,249 second doses.