There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There are 2 cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update yesterday. The number of active cases in New Zealand .
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 10:59 am
There has been significant demand for COVID-19 testing in
the Wellington region. Yesterday there were 6999 tests
nationwide of which 2100 were taken in Wellington – five
times the number of the day before.
In the Wellington
region, testing priority is being given to individuals who
have been at a location
of interest at the specified time and individuals who
are symptomatic.
At this stage, you do not need to be
tested if you were not at a location of interest, unless you
are symptomatic.
It is critically important we are
testing those who are most at risk from COVID-19 first.
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 11:41 am
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs have resourced
up for increased COVID-19 testing over coming days as the
Greater Wellington region transitions to COVID-19 alert
level 2.
Increased demand for COVID-19 testing saw an
estimated 2100 COVID swabs carried out yesterday in Porirua,
Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt.
The DHBs and
PHO partners have also increased testing capacity and sites
across the region. In addition to the region’s existing
community-based testing centres (CBACs) – in Paraparaumu,
Porirua, Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt – new
sites have also opened in Hataitai Park, the Johnsonville
Medical Centre, the Lower Hut Riverbank carpark, the Karori