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There are 83 new cases of Covid-19 in the New Zealand community today, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed.
Of these new cases; 82 are in Auckland, one is in Wellington who is a close contact of an existing case and was in isolation.
There are now 511 cases linked to the Auckland Delta outbreak - 496 in Auckland and 15 in Wellington.
All of the cases have or will be transferred safely to a quarantine facility, under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE.
There are 453 cases that have been clearly epidemiologically-linked to another case or sub-cluster, and a further 58 for which links are yet to be fully established.
There are currently seven epidemiologically-linked subclusters identified within this outbreak. The two largest clusters are the Birkdale Social Network cluster associated with Case A (68 confirmed cases), and the Mangere church cluster (237 confirmed cases).
Of the current community cases, 34 cases are in hospital – 32 are in a stable condition on a ward and two cases are in a stable condition in ICU. Three cases are in North Shore Hospital, 17 are in Middlemore Hospital, 13 are in Auckland City Hospital, and one is in Wellington Regional Hospital.
There are appropriate isolation and infection prevention and control plans in place at all hospitals where these patients are being managed.
The total number of active cases being managed in New Zealand is currently 551.
There are two new cases in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities.
