More Than 27,000 People Tested For COVID-19 Since Sunday
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 5:07 pm More than 27,000 people across the Northern Region have undergone COVID-19 testing since Sunday’s move to Alert Level 3. In total, 27,412 people had been tested as at 4pm, with more than 11,000 of these Māori or Pacific (4023 Māori, 7302 Pacific). This ranks as the region’s second-busiest COVID-19 testing period on record following the peak levels set during the Auckland outbreak in August 2020. The Northern Region is comprised of four district health board (DHB) areas – Northland, Waitematā, Auckland and Counties Manukau, with a combined populati...
Source: scoop.co.nz