August 28, 2020
Weekend test push as Auckland COVID lockdown end looms
There were 12 new cases of COVID-19 reported today, but Auckland is still on track to come out of Level 3 lockdown on Sunday night.
Five of the cases were linked to the Auckland community cluster, including four from one household linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Church sub-cluster.
The other seven cases were imported.
The seven – three men in their 30s, a woman in her 60s, a woman in her 20s, and two children – all arrived in New Zealand on August 23 on the same Air India flight from Delhi, and tested positive around day 3 of their stay in managed isolation.
There are 11 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including three in ICUs in Middlemore, North Shore and Waikato Hospital.
To support the government’s aim of 70,000 tests in a week, testing sites will be open this weekend right across the country, including GPs and community-based assessment centres.
Pop-up testing sites continue to move around Auckland communities to ensure nearby, easy and equitable access to testing, particularly for Māori and for Pacific peoples.
The full up-to-date list of testing sites in Auckland is at www.arphs.health.nz/covid19test
The Ministry of Health website has advice on where you can find testing facilities in the rest of the country.
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-general-public/assessment-and-testing-covid-19
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