General Coronavirus

[DavidMcKay1974]

Hospitalisations​

• Cases in hospital: total number 421: Northland: 9; Waitemata: 51; Counties Manukau: 43; Auckland: 98; Waikato: 28; Bay of Plenty: 10; Lakes: 5; Tairāwhiti: 0; Hawke’s Bay: 17; Taranaki: 11; Whanganui: 3; MidCentral: 21; Wairarapa: 0; Hutt Valley: 7; Capital and Coast: 21; Nelson Marlborough: 8; Canterbury: 58; South Canterbury: 6; West Coast: 2; Southern: 23
• *Average age of current hospitalisations: 60
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 10
• Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region only, excluding Emergency Departments): Unvaccinated or not eligible (26 cases / 10%); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (9 cases / 4%); double vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (65 cases / 26%); Received booster at least 7 days before being reported as a case (146 cases / 59%); unknown (2 /1%).

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

Tests​

• Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 4,442
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 18,949
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,554
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last 7 days as of 17 May 2022): 1.4 million.

 

[bruce]

When will common sense prevail?

basic physics, if you have a mask on you cannot spread your spit to others. Your mask might not save you from a person spitting virus at you though.

 

[john nick]

basic physics, if you have a mask on you cannot spread your spit to others. Your mask might not save you from a person spitting virus at you though.

I am all for anything that slows down the spread.No big deal to put on your mask for certain times

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

People wear their masks down here in Dunedin especially out my way in Mosgiel and especially in South Dunedin where I happen to go a lot when I need to go there. So you see people with masks all the time. No one complains.

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

18th May 2022

811 Days since covid arrived in NZ - 28th February 2020

103 Days to eliminate the first wave - 8th June 2020

9 Days later before covid returned in MIQ - 17th June 2020

Spent 622 days in the 4 Tier Level System - 21st March 2020 - 2nd December 2021

Gave us time to start vaccinations - 459 days ago - 14th February 2021

274 days since Delta hit - became our 2nd wave - 18th August 2021

167 Days of the Traffic Light System - 3rd December 2021

35 Days in Orange for: - 14th April 2022

All of NZ

155 Days since Auckland borders were removed - 15th December 2021

148 Days since Omicron appeared in MIQ - 17th December 2021

140 Days since Omicron appeared in the community - 29th December 2021

122 Days since Vaccinations started for 5-12 year olds - 17th January 2022

107 Days since Omicron became the main variant - 1st February 2022

95 Days Covid Cases over 500 a day - 13th February 2022

91 Days Covid Cases Over 1000 a day - 16th February 2022

90 Days Covid Cases Over 1500 a day - 17th February 2022

87 Days Covid Cases Over 2000 a day - 20th February 2022

86 Days Covid Cases Over 2500 a day - 20th February 2022

83 Days Covid Cases Over 5000 a day - 24th February 2022

26 Days since covid Covid Cases were not over 10,000 a day - 22nd April 2022

55 Days since Covid Cases were not over 20,000 a day - 25th March - 2022

77 Days since Anti Mandate Rally at Parliament was broken up by Police - 2nd March 2022

80 Days since Kiwis can come back from Australia having to be vaccinated and self isolate - 28th February 2022

76 Days since Kiwis can come back from Australia having to be vaccinated but doesn't need to self isolate - 3rd March 2022

75 Days since Kiwis can come back from anywhere in the world having to be vaccinated - 5th March 2022

54 Days of no longer require QR Codes - 26th March 2022

54 Days of sports events outside can no go ahead with full crowds - 26th March 2022

36 Days Australian Visitors can come to NZ without isolating - 13th April 2022.

35 Days All Gathering Limits have been removed -- 14th April 2022

25 Days since Omicron XE has been found in NZ - 23rd April 2022

18 Days since Omicron BA 4 has been found in NZ - 1st May 2022

17 Days since most vaccinated international visitors can re-enter NZ - 2nd May 2022

10 Days since Omicron BA 5 has been found in NZ - 8th May 2022

8 Days since we reached 1 Million Covid Cases - 10th May 2022 - 803 Days

 

[dean]

basic physics, if you have a mask on you cannot spread your spit to others. Your mask might not save you from a person spitting virus at you though.

Maybe. Most masks I see are those most basic ones with blue on one side , white on the other. Taken out of the pocket and worn. I use the same sort. Like wearing trainers to climb Mt Ruapehu. What about the fashion of having the nose uncovered ?

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

9570 Community Cases - I think we have a second wave in Auckland and quite possibly Waikato

32 Deaths

PCR's: 248
RAT's: 9322


Auckland - 3297
Canterbury - 1368
Waikato - 742
Southern - 737
Wellington - 642
Mid Central - 318
Nelson - 314
Bay of Plenty - 307
Hawkes Bay - 304
Taranaki - 283
Northland - 273
Hutt Valley - 241
Lakes - 173
South Canterbury - 155
Whanganui - 124
West Coast - 112
Wairarapa - 91
Tairawhiti - 82
Unknown - 7

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

COVID-19 deaths​

Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of 32 people with COVID-19. The total number of deaths is up by 31 from yesterday as we have removed a case which had been previous reported twice. This case was initially reported on 10 March.

The deaths being reported today include people who have died over the previous six weeks, since 5 April.

These deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 to 1,017 and the 7-day rolling average of reported deaths is 17.

Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today; two people were from Northland; nine from the Auckland region; two from Bay of Plenty; two from Taranaki; one from Tairawhiti; four from MidCentral; two from Hawke’s Bay; three from the Wellington region; one from Nelson-Marlborough; four from Canterbury and two from Southern.

One person was in their 20s; four people were in their 40s; two in their 50s; four in their sixties; nine in their 70s; nine in their 80s and three were aged over 90.

Of these people, ten were women and twenty-two were men.

This is a very sad time for whānau and friends and our thoughts and condolences are with them at this time.

Out of respect, we will be making no further comment on these deaths.

We have today published an update on the reporting of COVID-19 deaths, which includes a breakdown of people who have died with COVID-19 as an underlying cause of death and those who have died with COVID-19 as a contributing cause of death.

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

Vaccinations administered in New Zealand​

• Vaccines administered to date: 4,027,069 first doses; 3,978,904 second doses; 32,175 third primary doses; 2,647,144 booster doses: 262,331 paediatric first doses and 121,234 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 40 first doses; 57 second doses; 27 third primary doses; 925 booster doses; 36 paediatric first doses and 170 paediatric second doses

People vaccinated​

• All Ethnicities (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 4,054,940 first dose (96.3%); 4,006,112 second dose (95.2%), 2,640,839 boosted (70.7% of those eligible)
• Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 521,130 first dose (91.3%); 504,294 second dose (88.3%), 236,605 boosted (53.8% of those eligible)
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 281,985 first dose (98.4%); 277,146 second dose (96.7%), 141,157 boosted (56.5% of those eligible)
• 5 to 11-year-olds all ethnicities: 259,363 first dose (54.5%); 118,307 second dose (24.8%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Māori: 40,904 first dose (35.4%); 13,633 second dose (11.8%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Pacific Peoples: 23,584 first dose (47.7%); 6,961 second dose (14.1%)

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

Hospitalisations​

• Cases in hospital: total number 425: Northland: 13; Waitemata: 50; Counties Manukau: 38; Auckland: 113; Waikato: 25; Bay of Plenty: 11; Lakes: 5; Tairāwhiti: 2; Hawke’s Bay: 16; Taranaki: 10; Whanganui: 1; MidCentral: 20; Wairarapa: 0; Hutt Valley: 6; Capital and Coast: 20; Nelson Marlborough: 8; Canterbury: 49; South Canterbury: 8; West Coast: 2; Southern: 28
• *Average age of current hospitalisations: 60
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 9
• Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region only, excluding Emergency Departments): Unvaccinated or not eligible (28 cases / 11%); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (8 cases / 3%); double vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (63 cases / 26%); Received booster at least 7 days before being reported as a case (148 cases / 60%)

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

Tests​

• Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 3,579
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 17,429
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,014
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last 7 days as of 18 May 2022): 1.1 million

 

[scree]

Positive RAT for me today. Wicked sore throat last night, gave me trouble sleeping. Today I feel like a cold is coming on, not too bad other than the throat really.

I've been working in hospo, and pretty much always wear a mask, even though customers try tell me that I don't have to. I think the masks have been working because only 3 at my work (including me) had not had it yet, and two of us are always wearing masks. The other is less into it but does wear one to serve, and also goes hard on high strength Vitamin C. The others who had mask exemptions or just don't wear them have all had it already.

I went to a small gig on Saturday night, went in with a mask on but had beers in my hand the entire time so would have been a nuisance to keep the mask on throughout. A colleagues son had tested positive early this week too, so I'm not sure where I picked it up from. I was beginning to think maybe I had already had it without knowing.

 

[bruce]

What about the fashion of having the nose uncovered ?

I see a bit of that. It means you cannot spit, but you can breathe in.

 

[bruce]

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

19th May 2022

812 Days since covid arrived in NZ - 28th February 2020

103 Days to eliminate the first wave - 8th June 2020

9 Days later before covid returned in MIQ - 17th June 2020

Spent 622 days in the 4 Tier Level System - 21st March 2020 - 2nd December 2021

Gave us time to start vaccinations - 460 days ago - 14th February 2021

275 days since Delta hit - became our 2nd wave - 18th August 2021

168 Days of the Traffic Light System - 3rd December 2021

36 Days in Orange for: - 14th April 2022

All of NZ

156 Days since Auckland borders were removed - 15th December 2021

149 Days since Omicron appeared in MIQ - 17th December 2021

141 Days since Omicron appeared in the community - 29th December 2021

123 Days since Vaccinations started for 5-12 year olds - 17th January 2022

108 Days since Omicron became the main variant - 1st February 2022

96 Days Covid Cases over 500 a day - 13th February 2022

92 Days Covid Cases Over 1000 a day - 16th February 2022

91 Days Covid Cases Over 1500 a day - 17th February 2022

88 Days Covid Cases Over 2000 a day - 20th February 2022

87 Days Covid Cases Over 2500 a day - 20th February 2022

84 Days Covid Cases Over 5000 a day - 24th February 2022

27 Days since covid Covid Cases were not over 10,000 a day - 22nd April 2022

56 Days since Covid Cases were not over 20,000 a day - 25th March - 2022

78 Days since Anti Mandate Rally at Parliament was broken up by Police - 2nd March 2022

81 Days since Kiwis can come back from Australia having to be vaccinated and self isolate - 28th February 2022

77 Days since Kiwis can come back from Australia having to be vaccinated but doesn't need to self isolate - 3rd March 2022

76 Days since Kiwis can come back from anywhere in the world having to be vaccinated - 5th March 2022

55 Days of no longer require QR Codes - 26th March 2022

55 Days of sports events outside can no go ahead with full crowds - 26th March 2022

37 Days Australian Visitors can come to NZ without isolating - 13th April 2022.

36 Days All Gathering Limits have been removed -- 14th April 2022

26 Days since Omicron XE has been found in NZ - 23rd April 2022

19 Days since Omicron BA 4 has been found in NZ - 1st May 2022

18 Days since most vaccinated international visitors can re-enter NZ - 2nd May 2022

11 Days since Omicron BA 5 has been found in NZ - 8th May 2022

9 Days since we reached 1 Million Covid Cases - 10th May 2022 - Taking 803 Days

1 Day since we reached 1 Thousand Covid Deaths - 18th May 2022 - Taking 811 Days

 

[Rizzah]

Monkey Pox is coming!

Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry?

The cases point to possible sexual transmission of this cousin of smallpox — a previously unknown method of spread for monkeypox.

www.npr.org

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

9091 Community Cases

5 Deaths

PCR's: 299
RAT's: 8792

Auckland - 3233
Canterbury - 1317
Waikato - 696
Southern - 637
Wellington - 595
Hawkes Bay - 303
Bay of Plenty - 291
Mid Central - 281
Taranaki - 265
Nelson - 265
Northland - 260
Hutt Valley - 250
Lakes - 175
South Canterbury - 130
Whanganui - 124
West Coast - 103
Wairarapa - 83
Tairawhiti - 82
Unknown - 1

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

COVID-19 deaths​

Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of 5 people with COVID-19, all of whom have died in the past two days.

These deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 to 1,022 and the 7-day rolling average of reported deaths is 16.

Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today; one was from the Wellington region; one from Bay of Plenty, and three from Southern.

One person was in their seventies, and four people were in their 80s.

Of these people, four were women and one was a man.

This is a very sad time for whānau and friends and our thoughts and condolences are with them at this time.

Out of respect, we will be making no further comment on these deaths.

 

[DavidMcKay1974]

Vaccinations administered in New Zealand​

• Vaccines administered to date: 4,027,096 first doses; 3,978,968 second doses; 32,200 third primary doses; 2,648,038 booster doses: 262,364 paediatric first doses and 121,433 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 29 first doses; 63 second doses; 32 third primary doses; 873 booster doses; 31 paediatric first doses and 198 paediatric second doses

People vaccinated​

• All Ethnicities (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 4,054,810 first dose (96.3%); 4,006,019 second dose (95.2%), 2,641,551 boosted (70.7% of those eligible)
• Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 521,150 first dose (91.3%); 504,330 second dose (88.3%), 236,716 boosted (53.8% of those eligible)
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 281,991 first dose (98.4%); 277,157 second dose (96.7%), 141,218 boosted (56.5% of those eligible)
• 5 to 11-year-olds all ethnicities: 259,395 first dose (54.5%); 118,502 second dose (24.9%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Māori: 40,909 first dose (35.4%); 13,670 second dose (11.8%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Pacific Peoples: 23,586 first dose (47.7%); 6,986 second dose (14.1%)