Nearly 82,000 doses of the vaccine were administered yesterday. Photo: RNZ / Tom Kitchin Vaccination push continues

'But regardless of what it is, it is here in one shape or form and we just have to get into preventative mode.' Western Bay of Plenty mayor Garry Webber said Katikati is hoping to prevent further infection. The infected person was tested in Auckland, but are moving to the Bay and were in the region when the result arrived. The Bay of Plenty town of Katikati is also on high alert after a person tested positive yesterday for Covid-19, with new locations of interest in the region named by the Ministry of Health this morning. That woman had not been 'forthcoming' in providing information to contact tracers, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, complicating efforts to track down any possible cases. The woman who tested positive remains in an Auckland quarantine facility, the Ministry said in a media statement. It's not known if this second woman has Covid-19. Outside of Auckland, officials continue to follow up details of the positive case who visited Northland and the other case revealed in the Bay of Plenty last night.ДЄuthorities have now contacted a woman who travelled in Northland with another woman who later tested positive for Covid-19, but they still don't know her location. Scramble in regions over positive case visits There have now been 1587 cases in the current Delta outbreak, and 4265 Covid-19 cases in total in New Zealand. There were 20,421 tests carried out in New Zealand yesterday, including 7071 in Auckland. The unit closed yesterday afternoon for a deep clean. The ministry also reported that a person receiving treatment at North Shore Hospital dialysis unit yesterday tested positive for the coronavirus. The ministry said there are 29 infected in hospital, including seven in intensive care.

There have been no cases reported yet in Northland after a positive case visited there, but the region remains on edge. In a statement today, the Health Ministry said 41 of today's new infections have been linked to earlier cases. It's the most new cases reported since September 1, when 75 cases were revealed. Of the 60 new cases reported today, 56 were in Auckland, three in Waikato and one in Bay of Plenty that was announced last night.

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