COVID-19 Media Update, 24 August

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is providing an update on Covid-19 ahead of this afternoon’s alert level decision.

Latest from the live update:

• There are nine new cases of Covid-19.
• Eight of the cases are in the community and are all linked to the Auckland cluster.
• One of the confirmed cases is a women in her 30s and is in manged isolation.
• Ten people are in hospital. Three in Auckland city, four in Middlemore, two in North Shore and one in Waikato
• Two people are in intensive care at Middlemore Hospital.
• In the past seven days, almost 100,000 tests have been processed.
• There are now more than 1.77 million people (43 percent of adult population over 15) who have signed up to the Covid tracer app.
• More than 313,000 QR codes have been created.
• Bloomfield says the uptake of the app is very encouraging.
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Watch the briefing here:

https://youtu.be/BlVdMbBnKC4