Of the new cases, 795 were reinfections.
There were 115 people in hospital, with none in intensive care.
The highest number of new cases was in Canterbury (216) and Waitematā (215) followed by Auckland (143).
The previous week there were 1693 new cases with 28 more deaths attributed to the virus.
There were 102 cases admitted to hospital.
Total cases by location (updated 2pm August 26)
Location | Active | Recovered | Deceased | Total | New cases in the last week |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auckland | 143 | 255815 | 301 | 256259 | 143 |
Bay of Plenty | 48 | 118965 | 207 | 119220 | 48 |
Canterbury | 215 | 358987 | 597 | 359799 | 216 |
Capital and Coast | 81 | 193711 | 197 | 193989 | 81 |
Counties Manukau | 106 | 301706 | 346 | 302158 | 106 |
Hawke's Bay | 20 | 88666 | 182 | 88868 | 20 |
Hutt Valley | 56 | 94585 | 106 | 94747 | 56 |
Lakes | 19 | 52744 | 118 | 52881 | 19 |
Mid Central | 33 | 100256 | 229 | 100518 | 33 |
Nelson Marlborough | 33 | 83160 | 179 | 83372 | 33 |
Northland | 63 | 84312 | 169 | 84544 | 63 |
South Canterbury | 16 | 35942 | 52 | 36010 | 16 |
Southern | 104 | 198373 | 423 | 198900 | 113 |
Tairāwhiti | 9 | 27461 | 50 | 27520 | 9 |
Taranaki | 27 | 67962 | 143 | 68132 | 27 |
Unknown | 1 | 2393 | 9 | 2403 | 1 |
Waikato | 70 | 216041 | 448 | 216559 | 70 |
Wairarapa | 18 | 26799 | 72 | 26889 | 18 |
Waitematā | 215 | 321594 | 448 | 322257 | 215 |
West Coast | 0 | 16327 | 23 | 16350 | NA |
Whanganui | 7 | 35759 | 80 | 35846 | 7 |
At the Border* | 0 | 4129 | 5 | 4134 | NA |
Total | 1284 | 2685687 | 4384 | 2691355 | 1294 |