Waitākere Hospital. Photo: Google Maps
Cabinet will decide this afternoon whether to extend the nationwide lockdown as the Delta outbreak continues to grow. Another positive case has been announced by the Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrell this morning.
He's a young man in his 20s who tested positive after he went to Waitakere Hospital yesterday - he had been receiving treatment for an unrelated condition at North Shore Hospital earlier this week.
North Shore Hospital is diverting patients elsewhere in response to the discovery. Meanwhile the list of locations of interest just keeps growing - now numbering 120.
Public health experts and virus modellers are in agreement that an extension of the lockdown outside of Auckland and Coromandel is on the cards.
Susie speaks with Wigram Capital Advisors economist Rodney Jones, who has been advising the government throughout the pandemic.
