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The Health Ministry has confirmed 13 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, as Auckland appears to drop to alert level 2 tomorrow night.
Eleven of those cases are in the community and two are newcomers in controlled isolation.
The latest figures were announced by the Ministry of Health in a statement today, without a press conference having been held.
The update comes as Auckland appears to go to alert level 2 at 11:59 pm on Sunday night.
Of the 11 community cases, the Health Ministry said 10 are clearly epidemiologically linked to the Auckland group: one is under investigation.
Six cases are linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Church, four of which are within the same home and another two who attended religious services. Four other cases are contacts of previously reported confirmed cases.
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But, one person has not been linked to the group and tested positive for Covid-19. The Health Ministry said that person is being interviewed today to determine the links.
The two returnees were confirmed to have the virus and arrived in New Zealand from India on August 23. One is a woman in her 70s and the second is a man in her 30s. Both tested positive for Covid-19 around the third day of their managed isolation stay at the Grand Millennium in Auckland.
There are 132 people linked to the community group who have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility, which includes 82 people who tested positive for the virus and their household contacts.
Eleven cases are in hospital today with three in Auckland City, four in Middlemore, three in the North Shore and one in Waikato.
Three people are in the ICU: one in Middlemore, North Shore, and Waikato Hospital.
Seven previous cases are considered to have recovered today, bringing the total number of active confirmed cases to 136, plus one previously reported probable case remains active.
9,991 Covid-19 tests were processed yesterday, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 740,321.
New Zealand has 1,376 confirmed cases in total.
