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COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand

COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationNew Zealand
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseAuckland, Auckland Region
Arrival date28 February 2020
(4 years, 10 months, 1 week and 6 days ago)
Confirmed cases2,627,114[1] (total)
Active cases2,618[1]
Suspected cases‡44,222[1] (total)
Recovered2,620,552[1]
Deaths
3,944[1]
Fatality rate0.15%
Government website
www.covid19.govt.nz
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case of the disease in New Zealand was reported on 28 February 2020. The country recorded over 2,274,370 cases (2,217,047 confirmed and 57,323 probable[a]). Over 3,000 people died as a result of the pandemic, with cases recorded in all twenty district health board (DHB) areas.[1] The pandemic first peaked in early April 2020, with 89 new cases recorded per day and 929 active cases. Cases peaked again in October 2021 with 134 new cases reported on 22 October.[2]

In response to the first outbreak in late February 2020, the New Zealand Government closed the country's borders and imposed lockdown restrictions.[3] A four-tier alert level system was introduced on 21 March 2020 to manage the outbreak within New Zealand.[4] After a two-month nationwide lockdown, from 26 March to 27 May 2020, regionalised alert level changes were also used; the Auckland Region entered lockdown twice, in August–September 2020 and February–March 2021.[5][6] The country then went for several months without any community transmission, with all cases restricted to the managed isolation system.[7]

In August 2021, New Zealand entered nationwide lockdown due to a case of community transmission in Auckland of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, with subsequent community cases in Auckland and Wellington.[7] Due to rising cases nationwide, the Government abandoned its elimination strategy while accelerating the country's vaccination rollout.[8] Auckland remained in a form of lockdown until 3 December 2021 when the new COVID-19 Protection Framework ("traffic light system") came into effect.[9] Between February and May 2022, the Government gradually eased border restrictions, public gathering limits, and vaccine mandate requirements.[10][11][12] In September 2022, the Government ended the COVID-19 Protection Framework, lifting the remaining vaccine mandates and mask requirements.[13] On 15 August 2023, the Government lifted all remaining COVID-19 restrictions.[14]

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  2. ^ "New Zealand: WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard With Vaccination Data". covid19.who.int. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Quarantine-free travel country". Immigration New Zealand. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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  9. ^ "COVID-19 Protection Framework". Unite against COVID-19. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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  14. ^ Ensor, Jamie (14 August 2023). "Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall announces end of remaining coronavirus restrictions". Newshub. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.


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