There are 20 new community cases to report today, the Ministry of Health has revealed. Out of the 1010 cases in Auckland, 625 have recovered and 16 of Wellington's 17 cases have recovered. There were 12,427 tests taken yesterday, including more than 7000 swabs taken in the Auckland region, and more than 1500 essential worker tests. There were also more than 1000 saliva tests take since Monday with the majority in the last 48 hours. Testing at high levels in Auckland remains an essential part of the outbreak response to detect every community case and stop onwards transmission.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 18, 2021 01:40 UTC