Cases in Northland hospitals, wider use of RATs sees case numbers jump
COVID-19 Update – February 25 2022
🏥 Northland District Health Board report one case currently in a Northland hospital, while the Ministry of Health report three.
The Ministry of Health report 133 new cases in Northland today—87 from PCR tests and 46 from RATs.
Meanwhile, Northland District Health Board report 45 new cases in Northland today:
20 in Dargaville
14 in Whangārei
Six in Kerikeri
Two in Kaeo
Two in Kaikohe
One under investigation
Northland DHB report:
440 active Northland cases
221 Northland cases have now recovered
661 total Northland cases in Northland in this outbreak
No new Northland Locations of Interest
📍Locations of Interest are no longer being reported under Phase 3–but you may still be notified if you scan in using the NZ COVID Tracer app. This comes as close contacts no longer need to isolate, just watch for symptoms like the rest of us.
An increasing number of COVID-19 cases have been notified in Dargaville this week, Northland District Health Board says.
“Since Monday 21 February more than 50 cases have been notified to Public Health and they are urging anyone experiencing any symptoms to get a test at the Dargaville Hospital testing centre.”
Rapid Antigen Tests are now available at the testing centre and staff there can support you if needed to use the test. If the test is positive you and your household members will be required to self-isolate for 10 days.
➡️ Testing Clinic – Dargaville Hospital, 77 Awakino Road
➡️ Vaccination Clinic – 22a Normanby Street, Dargaville
As the Omicron outbreak grows, RATs are now used as the primary test at all community testing centres.
The Omicron public health response is now in Phase Three and operating on a more devolved model to ensure health resources are focused on those who need it most.
“It is very important to the overall response that people self-report positive results for RATs through My Covid Record, so we understand the size of the outbreak.”
The Ministry is anticipating continued high demand for COVID-19 testing across the country.
“Although there are still significant global supply constraints, we have secured the delivery of enough RATs to help New Zealand through a widespread Omicron outbreak in the coming months.”
“Over the past two days, 5.2 million RATs arrived in the country. Another 10 million will arrive over the weekend, bringing our total supply to more than 22 million by Monday.”
🇳🇿 237 cases are in hospital across the country (up from 205 yesterday). Three are in ICU (up from two yesterday).
Northland District Health Board report that one case is currently in a Northland hospital. The Ministry of Health report three.
“Sadly, we are today reporting the deaths of five patients with COVID-19. Of these patients, two were cared for in North Shore, two in Waikato, and one in Tauranga.”
12,011 new cases were reported across the country today–3,807 by PCR tests and 8,223 by RATs
“The further increase in cases today is not unexpected given the ongoing spread of Omicron and wider testing achieved from the combined use of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) and PCR.”
Positive PCRs: Northland (46), Auckland (1,565), Waikato (388), Bay of Plenty (279), Lakes (23), Hawke’s Bay (54), MidCentral (112), Whanganui (13), Taranaki (37), Tairāwhiti (34), Wairarapa (10), Capital and Coast (182), Hutt Valley (85), Nelson Marlborough (79), Canterbury (355), South Canterbury (13), Southern (524), West Coast (6); Unknown (1)
Positive RATs: Northland (87), Auckland (6,403), Waikato (544), Bay of Plenty (338), Lakes (140), Hawke’s Bay (40), MidCentral (41), Whanganui (5), Taranaki (11), Tairāwhiti (18), Wairarapa (4), Capital and Coast (77), Hutt Valley (20), Nelson Marlborough (23), Canterbury (114), South Canterbury (5), Southern (343), West Coast (3); Unknown (7)