Experts say this week is ‘crunch’ time as country waits to see whether numbers will start to fall
An apparent plateauing in community cases of Covid-19 could indicate that New Zealand’s outbreak is teetering on the edge of peak cases, experts say, as the government prepares to make an announcement over Auckland and Northland’s lockdown and essential workplaces settings.
A total of 511 New Zealanders have so far been infected in the outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, first identified in the community on 17 August. The number needing treatment in hospital rose overnight on Sunday from 25 to 34.
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