83 new community cases reported in New Zealand

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83 new community cases reported in New Zealand

By Naveel Krishant

29/08/2021

Medical workers administers COVID-19 test at a testing clinic during a lockdown in Auckland, New Zealand, August 26, 2021. [image: REUTERS/Fiona Goodall]

New Zealand has recorded 83 new COVID-19 cases in the community.

The total number of confirmed cases associated with the Auckland outbreak is now 511 - 496 in Auckland and 15 in Wellington.

A total of 34 cases are in hospital. Of these, two are in ICU but are described as stable.

There have been 32,771 individual contacts that have been formally identified. About 80 percent have been followed up formally by contact tracers.

[Source: TV NZ/RNZ]

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