All community cases are linked to the wider Auckland August cluster and are epidemiologically linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Church group, the ministry said in a press release today. With today’s five new cases, the total number of active cases is 116. Of those, 39 are imported cases in MIQ facilities, and 77 are community cases. The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 is now 1421, which is the number reported to the World Health Organization. The Required Testing Order enables the introduction of ongoing, routine, mandatory Covid-19 testing for all border workers.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 06, 2020 01:07 UTC