COVID-19: 4540 new group circumstances, 16 virus-related deaths, 473 folks in hospital, 10 in ICU

Right here is the complete Ministry of Well being COVID-19 replace for Wednesday, August 17:

Right now we’re reporting 4,540 group circumstances and 473 present hospitalisations.

The seven-day rolling common of group case numbers right now is 3,928 – final Thursday, it was 4,750.

The seven-day rolling common of hospitalisations is 527 – final Thursday, it was 617.

There at the moment are a complete of 1,807 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, both because the underlying reason for demise or as a contributing issue. The seven-day rolling common improve in whole deaths attributable to COVID-19 is now 12.

COVID-19 hospitalisations 

• COVID-19 Circumstances in hospital: whole quantity 473: Northland: 17; Waitematā: 64; Counties Manukau: 54; Auckland: 57; Waikato: 74; Bay of Loads: 15; Lakes: 12; Hawke’s Bay: 22; MidCentral: 21; Whanganui: 5; Taranaki: 9; Tairawhiti: 1; Wairarapa: 8; Capital & Coast 14; Hutt Valley: 11; Nelson Marlborough: 7; Canterbury 56; West Coast: 4; South Canterbury: 8; Southern: 14.
• Weekly COVID-19 Hospitalisations – 7 day rolling common: 527 (This time final week 617)
• Common age of present COVID-19 hospitalisations: 64
• Circumstances in ICU or HDU: 10
• Vaccination standing of latest admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (49 circumstances); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have solely obtained one dose (3 circumstances); double vaccinated not less than 7 days earlier than being reported as a case (75 circumstances); obtained booster not less than 7 days earlier than being reported as a case (275 circumstances).

*These are new hospital admissions prior to now 7 days previous to yesterday who had COVID on the time of admission or whereas in hospital, excluding hospitalisations that had been admitted and discharged inside 24hrs. This knowledge is from Districts with tertiary hospitals: Auckland, Canterbury/West Coast, Southern, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Capital & Coast/Hutt, Waitemata and Northland.

COVID-19 vaccinations administered  

• Vaccines administered so far: 4,029,575 first doses; 3,982,517 second doses; 34,026 third main doses; 2,715,349 first booster doses: 441,245 second booster doses: 266,494 paediatric first doses and 147,103 paediatric second doses  
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 24 first doses; 24 second doses; 11 third main doses; 500 first booster doses; 7,946 second booster doses; 23 paediatric first doses and 92 paediatric second doses  

Extra detailed data, together with vaccine uptake by District, is accessible on the Ministry’s web site.

Assessments 

• Variety of PCR exams whole (final 24 hours): 3,846
• Variety of Speedy Antigen Assessments reported whole (final 24 hours): 10,688
• PCR exams rolling common (final 7 days): 3,201
• Variety of Speedy Antigen Assessments dispatched: 700,000 (final seven days as of 17 August 2022): 0.5M

COVID-19 circumstances

• Complete variety of new group circumstances: 4,540
• Variety of new circumstances which have lately travelled abroad: 164
• Seven day rolling common of group circumstances: 3,928
• Seven day rolling common of group circumstances (as at identical day final week): 4,752
• Variety of energetic circumstances (whole): 27,487 (circumstances recognized prior to now seven days and never but labeled as recovered)
• Confirmed circumstances (whole): 1,690,553
• New circumstances by District and different extra detailed case data

Please notice, the Ministry of Well being’s day by day reported circumstances could differ barely from these reported at a District or native public well being unit stage. That is due to completely different reporting reduce off occasions and the project of circumstances between areas, for instance when a case is examined outdoors their typical area of residence. Complete numbers will at all times be the formal day by day case tally as reported to the WHO. 

COVID-19 deaths 

There at the moment are a complete of 1,807 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, both because the underlying reason for demise or as a contributing issue. That is the quantity that will probably be reported to the World Well being Group because it gives essentially the most correct evaluation of COVID-19 associated mortality in New Zealand.

Up to now seven days there have been a median of 12 deaths confirmed every day as being attributable to COVID-19. It is a very unhappy time for whānau and pals of those that have died and our ideas and condolences are with them.

Data on the variety of new deaths of individuals with COVID-19 reported to the Ministry of Well being within the final 24 hours, and the seven-day rolling common, is out there on the Ministry of Well being web site. This contains data on the age band and placement of those newly reported deaths. 

Winter sickness replace  

(This replace is supplied every Thursday)  

• Within the week to 14 August, 86 folks had been in Auckland and Counties Manukau hospitals for SARI sicknesses (extreme acute respiratory an infection). Human Metapneumovirus was detected in 69% of these examined, rhinovirus in 28%, COVID-19 in 14%, and Influenza in 4%.  
• Different causes of an infection, the place recognized, had been enteroviruses, adenoviruses, RSV, parainfluenza virus and RSV.  
• The present charge of hospitalisations in Auckland and Counties Manukau is according to charges seen in pre-COVID-19 years.