New Zealand Reports 15 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

Faizan Hashmi Published September 23, 2021 | 01:46 PM

New Zealand reported 15 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's community outbreak to 1,123

WELLINGTON, Sept. 23 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Sep, 2021 ) --:New Zealand reported 15 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's community outbreak to 1,123.

The new infections were all recorded in the largest city Auckland, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield told a press conference.

Fifteen community cases are being treated in the hospital, including three in intensive care units (ICUs) or high dependency units (HDUs), Bloomfield said.

There are 1,088 cases that have been clearly epidemiologically linked to another case or sub-cluster, and a further 14 cases for which links are yet to be fully established, he said.

Auckland relaxed restrictions by moving to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 on Wednesday for at least two weeks. The city was previously at Level 4, the top-level COVID-19 lockdown, for more than 30 days, longer than last year's lockdown, with schools and none-essential businesses closed.