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Nine new cases in community

There are nine new cases of Covid-19 in the Delta community outbreak, all in the Auckland region. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay gave the update at a press conference yesterday afternoon. That brings the total number of cases in the wider outbreak to 1131. It is the first day when case numbers have been in single digits since the outbreak began, in mid-August. Of the new cases reported yesterday, all have been epidemiologically linked to the wider outbreak. Three are household contacts and six are known contacts of cases. To date, 902 cases have now recovered. Robertson said yesterday’s case numbers were ‘‘encouraging’’ and indicated that the ‘‘hard work’’ of Aucklanders was paying off.

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2021-09-25T07:00:00.0000000Z

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https://fairfaxmedia.pressreader.com/article/281805697076799

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