New Zealand's 1312 coronavirus cases: Locations, clusters, ages, ethnicities
Where are the cases?
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The latest data from the Ministry of Health shows that the Southern District Health Board (DHB) continues to have more cases of COVID-19 than any other DHB, with 207. It's followed by Waitemata, Auckland, Waikato and Canterbury. Tairawhiti continues to have the fewest with only a single case in that DHB. The Ministry of Health website doesn't break the data down into individual towns or areas, however, some DHBs are providing more specific information on their websites.
Total cases by DHB
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Southern: 207
Waitemata: 183
Auckland: 173
Waikato: 167
Canterbury: 135
Counties Manukau: 98
Capital and Coast: 86
Nelson Marlborough: 48
Bay of Plenty: 42
Hawke's Bay: 38
Mid Central: 28
Northland: 25
Hutt Valley: 21
Lakes: 14
Taranaki: 14
South Canterbury: 11
Wairarapa: 9
Whanganui: 7
West Coast: 5
Tairawhiti: 1
Transmission
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New Zealand is now in its third week of nationwide lockdown under alert level 4. The decision of whether to extend that lockdown from its currently four-week run or to lift it will be made on April 20. One of the key pieces of data that will be considered if the level of community transmission, which is where officials can't identify who an infected individual contracted the illness from. That is up 1 percent on last week, while transmission overseas has fallen.
Transmission type
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Overseas: 40 percent
Contact with known case: 46 percent
Community transmission: 2 percent
Source under investigation: 11 percent
Clusters
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Outbreaks within New Zealand may be referred to as clusters. These are groups of COVID-19 cases linked together as they have all been to the same location. Within a cluster there may be an individual who has a link to someone who has travelled. The number of cases linked to clusters has grown over the last week with the increase in the "contact with known case" transmission type. There are 13 significant clusters in New Zealand.
These are clusters with 10 or more cases.
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Bluff wedding: 85 cases
Marist College, Auckland: 85 cases
Matamata bar: 70 cases
Party in Auckland: 35 cases
World Hereford Conference, Queenstown: 33 cases
Rosewood rest home, Christchurch: 30 cases
Workplace, Auckland: 28 cases
Wellington group which travelled to the United States: 16
Ruby Princess cruise ship: 16
Auckland group which travelled to the United States: 15
George Manning retirement village: 14
A rest home in Waikato: 14
A wedding in Wellington: 13
Ages
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0-9: 24
10-19: 102
20-29: 325
30-39: 204
40-49: 189
50-59: 216
60-69: 158
70+: 94
Sex
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Male: 592
Female: 718
Not specified: 2
Ethnicity
European or other: 963
Asian: 133
Unknown: 52
Maori: 110
Pacific people: 54
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Poll: How should Guy Fawkes be celebrated?
While it is a fun occasion, fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night has caused much conflict over the years, upsetting our pets and disrupting the sleep of neighbours.
How should we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.
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27.9% With a city-wide public fireworks display
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20.5% Small fireworks displays in each community
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7.7% Keep it as is
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32.7% We shouldn't celebrate it!
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10.8% Anything but fireworks
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0.4% Other - I'll share below
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Fire at New Lynn mosque
Firefighters were called to a blaze at an Auckland mosque this afternoon.
What you need to know:
- Fire crews were notified of a blaze in the New Lynn Imam Reza Mosque on Tuesday at 9.43am.
- The blaze was said to be on the ground floor of the two-storey building.
- A back window of the mosque was also found smashed this morning.
- The fire was said to be so intense that plastic chairs had melted in the blaze.
Three fire crews were at the address and have since left the scene. A fire investigator remains at the address
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