From midnight, areas outside of Auckland will move to Delta Level 2, which has several tightening of regulations to the status of the level 2 the country has been placed in previously. Of more concern was the still high number of confirmed Delta cases which have not been able to be linked to earlier cases in the outbreak. Ardern has said she was still concerned about the prevalence of mystery cases. One of the mystery cases is the person who went to Middlemore Hospital at the weekend infected where the exact source hasn't been identified. Baker also told TVNZ's Breakfast that he hoped level 2 was "short term" and the country could get back to level 1.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 06, 2021 22:24 UTC