The Health Ministry recorded 70 new cases on Friday - all in Auckland.
Most of them are linked to the church cluster, which is only intensifying the struggle for the growing number of Pacific families in isolation.
As the cases creep up, so does the level of need. The Fono team is organising food deliveries for South Auckland's most vulnerable.
"We're getting referrals every day in terms of families that are going into isolation and that are connected to the cluster," said CFO Jennifer Tupou.
That cluster is the church cluster - and it's growing. It's gone from 114 cases on Thursday, up 32 cases to 146 on Friday.
Of the 70 new cases in total on Friday, most are people from Auckland's Pacific community, who make up 44 of the cases.
Hundreds of families are doing it tough.
"You can see it, you can see it, you know. You can have a little cry when you drive off. It's a blessing to do this," said driver Nick Muli.
When the public health contact tracing team fails to track people down, people like Whanau Ora navigator Harry Risale are stepping in to make the system work. He recently tracked down a positive case.
"It's definitely working. Some of them are more capable to speak to Pacific personally," he said.
Nineteen are in hospital, one in ICU.
Students at two more schools have been linked to this outbreak, including the Pacific Advance Secondary School in Ōtāhuhu. It is the 12th Auckland school to report a positive case.
The student was infectious while at class on August 17 and all students, staff and visitors to the school on that day are now considered close contacts.
This outbreak is still not under control. The biggest worry? Mystery cases.
"We will be looking for any cases that are popping up unexpectedly," said Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
"Cases that are in isolation are expected because they're in household bubbles and won't present any risk to the community."
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said there had been some transmission amongst three essential workplaces.
Otago University epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says that information is critically important - and it should be broken down and shared daily on the Ministry's website.
"I think it would be better if they also presented information, particularly the case count, in a way that gives the public more knowledge about how we're doing."
So an organisation like this one can plan - and try and keep up with the demand dictated by Delta.
