The pressure on Auckland hospitals from the Covid-19 outbreak has forced patients with spinal injuries to be transferred to Christchurch.
There are 32 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with eight in intensive care, and the call has gone out for nurses around the country to assist.
There are 687 cases of Covid-19 in the current outbreak; 75 new cases were reported yesterday.
There are 32 people in hospital. Eight are in intensive care and three are on ventilation
Auckland’s hospitals have asked other DHBs to send intensive care nurses to bolster numbers
Auckland and Northland are in alert level 4 and all New Zealand south of Auckland is in level 3
Police are operating five checkpoints on the southern outskirts of Auckland
About 40 supermarkets across Auckland were named as locations of interest yesterday but are considered ‘low risk
Some 2.29m people have had at least one vaccination and of those 1.2m are fully vaccinated with two doses.
MIQ vouchers will remain on hold for weeks as the government handles the Delta outbreak
The outbreak is linked to a returnee from Sydney who arrived on a MIQ flight on 7 August. Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says we may never find out how the virus got into the community
