Of the 21 new cases, 20 are in Auckland, the largest city, and one is in the capital Wellington. Five people were in hospital, but no one was an intensive care unit.
The Pacific nation of 5.1 million is under a strict lockdown until midnight on Tuesday as the outbreak has widened beyond the two key cities. COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said that about a million people have been fully vaccinated in New Zealand, after more than 50,000 doses of the vaccine were given on Saturday.Until the current outbreak, however, New Zealand's vaccination pace was the slowest among the wealthy nations of the OECD grouping, with only a fifth of the population fully vaccinated.
The country has recorded just 2,660 confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic and 26 related deaths, according to the health ministry.RELATED IMAGES
21 new cases in a population of 4.9 million.
Pretty soon they’ll have people locked in their houses 24 hours a day, with the military flying around arresting people for going for a walk, alone. COVIDZero was always a losing battle, and being an island won’t save them now. Sadly.
davecarlascio I guess their lockdown is working real well… 🙄
Wow.....it's everywhere.
Surprised they don't close the country down.
so what? 29 people have a cold that they have a 99.7 percent chance of recovering from why is this news?
Oh my gosh should we sink New Zealand!