There are 27 new community cases today. 14 of these are household contacts, eight are known contacts and five are under investigation to determine how they are linked to the current outbreak.
Due to the highly infectious nature of the Delta variant within households, we expect to see fluctuations in case numbers at this stage in the outbreak.
22,041 tests were taken yesterday, including more than 13,083 swabs taken in the Auckland region. We would like to thank everyone in Tāmaki Makaurau who has come forward to be tested.
Yesterday 2,878 tests were received from our seven suburbs of interest. We are encouraging anyone living in these suburbs, both with and without COVID-19 symptoms, to get tested.