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Six new cases of Covid-19 in the Auckland community, three people in intensive care

August 22, 2020
Dr Ashley Bloomfield provided the update on Friday August 21.

There are six new cases of Covid-19 in the Auckland community today.

There was no 1pm news conference today, with the Ministry of Health releasing the latest figures by press release.

Four of the new infections are linked to the Auckland cluster - two are household contacts and two are church contacts.

The other two cases are still being investigated.

There are 111 active cases in NZ - 16 of them are imported.

There are nine people in hospital due to the effects of coronavirus, including three people in intensive care at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital

The six other people are on wards.

He was a bit nervous performing the task on live TV. (Source: Other)

Despite new cases of community transmission every day this week, Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield say the signs are encouraging. (Source: Other)

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