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Redvale results worry officials

Sapeer Mayron

Ministry of Health officials are worried there could be undetected spread of Covid19 in the Auckland community, with a North Shore suburb continuing to show high positivity rates for the virus.

Redvale alone had a positivity rate of 7 per cent by Friday, which dropped a touch to 6 per cent by Saturday.

Testing has been ramped up in the suburb over the last week, along with Rosedale, Bayswater, and New Lynn, with 600 tests processed from those suburbs since Thursday, October 21, a ministry spokesman said.

‘‘While the testing positivity rate has decreased slightly, a rate of 6 per cent is still concerning. It suggests there may be undetected cases in the community.

‘‘We are pleased with the uptake in response to our calls for residents in Redvale, New Lynn, Rosedale, and Bayswater to be tested.’’

The spokesman could not reveal how many of Saturday’s 104 new cases of Covid-19 came from Redvale, or other suburbs of interest.

There is no specific vaccination data available for Redvale, but it sits on the border between Dairy Flat South and Okura Bush – both of which are vaccinating at about the national average rate.

In Dairy Flat South, 87.4 per cent have had their first dose, and 72 per cent are fully vaccinated, while in Okura Bush 86.6 per cent have had their first dose and 67.3 per cent are fully vaccinated.

In the Waitemata¯ District Health Board area, which covers the North Shore, 90 per cent of eligible residents have had one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and 74 per cent have had their second.

‘‘We continue to urge Redvale residents with any Covid-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, to get tested as soon as possible, even if they are vaccinated,’’ the ministry spokesman said.

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