There are 24 new community cases of Covid-19 to report today, the Ministry of Health has revealed. She said 688 cases have now recovered, including all 17 cases in Wellington. Of today's new community cases, 21 of them have known links, and of those 19 are household contacts. "We do expect a number of further cases in the coming days as some of the new recent cases do come from large households." Of yesterday's cases, all 20 have now been linked to existing cases, including one outstanding case which was previously reported as "unlinked".

Source: Otago Daily Times September 19, 2021 01:10 UTC