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Coronavirus: Latest on COVID-19 community outbreak - Friday, June 17

  • 17/06/2022

There are 4869 new community cases, 370 hospitalisations and 16 new deaths to report on Friday.

What you need to know:

  • All of New Zealand is at orange in the COVID Protection Framework. 
  • New Zealand recorded 4869 new community COVID cases on Friday.
  • Sixteen additional deaths of people with COVID-19 were reported.
  • There are 370 people in hospital, nine of whom are in ICU.
  • Location of new community cases (PCR & RAT): Northland (123), Auckland (1,478), Waikato (335), Bay of Plenty (184), Lakes (77), Hawke’s Bay (135), MidCentral (166), Whanganui (45), Taranaki (172), Tairāwhiti (33), Wairarapa (42), Capital and Coast (400), Hutt Valley (203), Nelson Marlborough (218), Canterbury (739), South Canterbury (59), Southern (427), West Coast (32), Unknown (1)
  • Locations of hospitalisations: Northland: 8; Waitematā: 40; Counties Manukau: 30; Auckland: 69; Waikato: 28; Bay of Plenty: 13; Lakes: 1; Tairāwhiti: 3; Hawke’s Bay: 6; Taranaki: 13; Whanganui: 1; MidCentral: 34; Wairarapa: 2; Hutt Valley: 27; Capital and Coast: 14; Nelson Marlborough: 10; Canterbury: 42; South Canterbury: 4; West Coast: 1; Southern: 24.

These live updates are now over.

1:10pm - Here's more from the ministry about the 16 deaths:

Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of 16 people with COVID-19. All these deaths occurred in the past seven days, apart from one death on 11 May and one death on 23 April.

Today’s reported deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 to 1,390 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12.

Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today; two were from Northland, six were from the Auckland region, one was from Waikato; one was from Taranaki; two were from the Wellington region; three were from Canterbury; and one was from South Canterbury.

One person was in their 40s; one was in their 60s; four were in their 70s; eight were in their 80s; and two were aged over 90. Of these people, four were women and 12 were men.

This is a very sad time for whānau and friends and our thoughts and condolences are with them. Out of respect, we will be making no further comment on these deaths.

1pm - There are 4869 new community cases, 370 hospitalisations and 16 new deaths to report.

Here's the latest data from the Ministry of Health:

Vaccinations administered in New Zealand  

  • Vaccines administered to date: 4,028,140 first doses; 3,980,288 second doses; 32,730 third primary doses; 2,671,847 booster doses: 263,616 paediatric first doses and 128,980 paediatric second doses  
  • Vaccines administered yesterday: 39 first doses; 45 second doses; 42 third primary doses; 866 booster doses; 24 paediatric first doses and 259 paediatric second doses  

People vaccinated  

  • All ethnicities (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 4,054,235 first dose (96.3%); 4,005,665 second dose (95.2%), 2,650,246 boosted (of the 18+ population) (72.8% of those eligible)  
  • Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 521,531 first dose (91.3%); 504,812 second dose (88.4%), 238,774 boosted (of the 18+ population) (55.8% of those eligible)  
  • Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 282,218 first dose (98.4%); 277,458 second dose (96.8%), 143,426 boosted (of the 18+ population) (59.6% of those eligible)  
  • 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (all ethnicities): 12,092 boosted (12.3% of those eligible)
  • 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (Māori): 1,127 boosted (5.9% of those eligible)
  • 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (Pacific Peoples): 680 boosted (6.8% of those eligible)
  • 5 to 11-year-olds all ethnicities: 260,280 first dose (54.6%); 125,645 second dose (26.4%)  
  • 5 to 11-year-olds - Māori: 41,100 first dose (35.6%); 14,695 second dose (12.7%)  
  • 5 to 11-year-olds - Pacific Peoples: 23,757 first dose (48.1%); 7,916 second dose (16%)  

Note that the number for “People vaccinated” differs slightly from “Vaccines administered” as it includes those that have been vaccinated overseas.

Vaccination rates for all DHBs

  • Northland DHB: first dose (90%); second dose (88%); boosted (69%)  
  • Auckland DHB: first dose (99.1%); second dose (98.1%); boosted (75.2%)  
  • Counties Manukau DHB: first dose (96.2%); second dose (95%); boosted (68.4%)  
  • Waitemata DHB: first dose (96.5%); second dose (95.6%); boosted (73.2%)  
  • Waikato DHB: first dose (95%); second dose (93.6%); boosted (68.2%)  
  • Bay of Plenty DHB: first dose (95.1%); second dose (93.4%); boosted (67.1%)  
  • Lakes DHB: first dose (92.9%); second dose (91.2%); boosted (67.3%)  
  • MidCentral DHB: first dose (96.3%); second dose (95.1%); boosted (73.5%)  
  • Tairāwhiti DHB: first dose (92.7%); second dose (90.6%); boosted (67.3%)  
  • Whanganui DHB: first dose (91.8%); second dose (90.3%); boosted (72.6%)  
  • Hawke’s Bay DHB: first dose (97.4%); second dose (95.8%); boosted (71%)  
  • Taranaki DHB: first dose (94.6%); second dose (93.3%); boosted (69.4%)  
  • Wairarapa DHB: first dose (96.4%); second dose (95%); boosted (74.3%)  
  • Capital & Coast DHB: first dose (98.4%); second dose (97.7%); boosted (81.2%)  
  • Hutt Valley DHB: first dose (96.5%); second dose (95.6%); boosted (76.4%)  
  • Nelson Marlborough DHB: first dose (96.4%); second dose (95.2%); boosted (74.8%)  
  • West Coast DHB: first dose (92.5%); second dose (91.1%); boosted (72.3%)  
  • Canterbury DHB: first dose (99.8%); second dose (98.9%); boosted (75.9%)  
  • South Canterbury DHB: first dose (94.5%); second dose (93.5%); boosted (75.5%)  
  • Southern DHB: first dose (98.5%); second dose (97.5%); boosted (74.6%)

Partially and second doses percentages are for those 12+. Boosted percentages are for 18+ who have become eligible 3 months after having their second dose or 16-and 17-year-olds who have become eligible 6 months after having their second dose.

Hospitalisations

  • Cases in hospital: total number 370: Northland: 8; Waitematā: 40; Counties Manukau: 30; Auckland: 69; Waikato: 28; Bay of Plenty: 13; Lakes: 1; Tairāwhiti: 3; Hawke’s Bay: 6; Taranaki: 13; Whanganui: 1; MidCentral: 34; Wairarapa: 2; Hutt Valley: 27; Capital and Coast: 14; Nelson Marlborough: 10; Canterbury: 42; South Canterbury: 4; West Coast: 1; Southern: 24.
  • Average age of current hospitalisations (Northern Region): 60
  • Cases in ICU or HDU: 9
  • *Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital: Unvaccinated or not eligible (34 cases); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (3 cases); double vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (39 cases); Received booster at least 7 days before being reported as a case (155 cases).  

*Please note: We are now using data from DHBs with tertiary hospitals. These are Auckland, Canterbury, Southern, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Capital & Coast, Waitemata and Northland. Previously we only used the vaccination status of patients in Northern Region hospitals. 

Cases

  • Seven day rolling average of community cases: 5,247
  • Seven day rolling average (as at same day last week): 6,075
  • Number of new community cases: 4,869
  • Number of new community cases (PCR): 218
  • Number of new community cases (RAT): 4,651
  • Location of new community cases (PCR & RAT): Northland (123), Auckland (1,478), Waikato (335), Bay of Plenty (184), Lakes (77), Hawke’s Bay (135), MidCentral (166), Whanganui (45), Taranaki (172), Tairāwhiti (33), Wairarapa (42), Capital and Coast (400), Hutt Valley (203), Nelson Marlborough (218), Canterbury (739), South Canterbury (59), Southern (427), West Coast (32), Unknown (1)
  • Number of new imported cases: 64
  • Number of active community cases (total): 36,712 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
  • Confirmed cases (total): 1,258,816

Please note, the Ministry of Health’s daily reported cases may differ slightly from those reported at a DHB or local public health unit level. This is because of different reporting cut off times and the assignment of cases between regions, for example when a case is tested outside their usual region of residence. Total numbers will always be the formal daily case tally as reported to the WHO.

Tests

  • Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 3,095
  • Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 11,764
  • PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,069
  • Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 17 June 2022): 1.2 million.

12:55pm - The Government announced on Thursday that pre-departure tests will no longer be required to enter New Zealand from 11:59pm on Monday night. 

"We’ve taken a careful and staged approach to reopening our borders to ensure we aren’t overwhelmed with an influx of COVID-19 cases," Dr Verrall said in a statement on Thursday. "Our strategy has worked and as a result it’s safe to lift pre-departure test requirements much sooner than planned."

"We had intended to remove the requirement for travellers to have a pre-departure test by 31 July. But with cases continuing to decline despite over 387,000 arrivals since borders reopened there is evidence this measure can now be lifted."

Read more here. 

12:50pm - Kia ora, good afternoon and welcome to Newshub's live updates of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will shortly bring you the latest figures from the Ministry of Health regarding case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths.