page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
section_title: Clusters
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand / Statistics / Clusters
caption_attribution_description: English: Rosewood Resthome in April 2020
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case of the disease in New Zealand was reported on 28 February 2020. As of 30 August 2020, the country has had a total of 1,729 cases and 22 people have died from the virus, with cases recorded in all twenty district health board areas. The pandemic peaked in early April, with 89 new cases recorded per day and 929 active cases. As of 30 August 2020, the country has 137 active cases, the majority from an active cluster in Auckland.
  All borders and entry ports of New Zealand were closed to all non-residents on 19 March 2020, with returning citizens and residents being required to self-isolate. Since 10 April, all New Zealanders returning from overseas must go into two weeks of managed isolation.
  A four-level alert level system was introduced on 21 March to manage the outbreak within New Zealand. The Alert Level was initially set at Level 2, but was subsequently raised to Level 3 on the afternoon of 23 March. Beginning on 25 March, the Alert Level was moved to Level 4, putting the country into a nationwide lockdown.
context_section_description: As of 30 August 2020, the Ministry of Health had identified 17 significant clusters of at least ten confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases.
  There is currently one active significant cluster in New Zealand:
  Auckland August cluster – 135 (as of 30 August 2020)
  Mount Roskill Evangelical Fellowship church "mini cluster"
  The following clusters have been closed. A cluster is considered closed when there have been no new cases for two incubation periods (i.e. 28 days) from the date when all cases complete isolation.
  Wedding, Bluff – 98
  Marist College, Auckland – 96
  Saint Patrick's Day gathering, Redoubt Bar, Matamata – 77
  Rosewood Rest Home, Christchurch – 56
  CHT St Margarets rest home, Auckland – 51
  Private function, Auckland – 40
  World Hereford Conference, Queenstown – 39
  Community group, Auckland – 30
  Ruby Princess cruise ship, Hawke's Bay – 24
  George Manning Lifecare rest home, Christchurch – 19
  Group travel to the United States, Wellington – 16
  Group travel to the United States, Auckland – 16
  Atawhai Assisi rest home, Hamilton – 15
  Community group, Christchurch – 14
  Wedding, Wellington – 13
  Rest home, Auckland – 13
  All 12 of the Canterbury DHB deaths were cases within the Rosewood Rest Home cluster. This cluster accounts for more than half of the country's total death toll from COVID-19.
caption: Rosewood Rest Home in Christchurch, the cluster with the greatest number of deaths
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