Stuff spent an afternoon inside a contact-tracing engine room, to see how Covid cases are being tracked in the regions. There are 144 new cases of Covid-19 in the Delta community outbreak and a person in their 80s has died in Aucland’s North Shore Hospital. The variant has not yet been detected in New Zealand, but Australia is on high alert after two arrivals from southern Africa tested positive for Covid-19. Sunday’s case numbers include one announced on Sunday morning, a person in Hawke’s Bay who tested positive during routine screening at Hawke’s Bay Hospital. This marks the first time in months that WHO has classified a Covid-19 variant as of concern.

Source: Stuff November 28, 2021 01:32 UTC