Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: Two new cases of Covid-19 in Lakes District Health Board area

Luke Kirkness
By Luke Kirkness
Sport Planning Editor·Rotorua Daily Post·
16 Nov, 2021 12:00 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

The Delta variant is a highly contagious Sars-CoV-2 virus strain. Video / Paul Slater

There are two new cases in the Lakes District Health Board area today, both in Taupō.

It comes as the Ministry of Health has revealed two locations of interest in Rotorua and another in Taupō.

There are now eight Covid-19 cases in the Lakes DHB area.

One of these cases was the Taupō case first announced by the Ministry of Health yesterday but was only added to the numbers today.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The second case is a close contact of another case in Taupō. All of the Taupō cases are linked.

"We are encouraging anyone with COVID-19 related symptoms in the region to get tested," the Ministry said.

"Yesterday, 1016 tests were carried out across the region and 1026 doses of vaccine administered, including 549 first doses and 465 second doses.

"Across the region, 79,896 of people have had at least one dose of vaccine and 69,539 have had two doses."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Countdown Fenton St in Rotorua has been named as a location of interest between 8am and 10.30am on November 13. Z Fenton St has also been named as a location of interest on the same day between 9.30am and 11am.

In Taupō, BP Tauhara Rd has been named as a location of interest for the time between 10am and 11.30am on November 14.

There were 222 new community Covid-19 cases announced today.

The two Wairarapa cases are in Masterton and includes one announced yesterday. The Masterton cases were identified through targeted testing after the Taupō case visited the area.

Discover more

Gone: 26,774 businesses wiped off NZ Companies Office Register in eight months

13 Nov 12:00 AM
New Zealand

Lakes DHB testing numbers increase four-fold, locations of interest revealed

15 Nov 06:52 PM

12 police staff off the roster causing pressure, says association

15 Nov 09:45 PM

'A disaster waiting to happen': Four staffed ICU beds for population of 116k

15 Nov 06:30 AM

Across the country, 21,442 first and second vaccine doses were administered yesterday, made up of 7,764 first doses and 13,678 second doses.

To date, 90 per cent of New Zealanders have had their first dose and 81 per cent are fully vaccinated.

In the Lakes DHB, 85 per cent of eligible people have had their first dose and 74 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Where to get tested

• Rotorua Covid-19 Community Testing Centre, Kahukura Clubrooms, 1475 Pukuatua St, 9am to 3pm.

• Taupō Covid-19 Community Testing Centre, 79 Miro St 9am to 3pm.

• Taupō Event Centre, AC Baths Ave, 8.30am to 3pm.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

• Pihanga Health, 28 Te Rangitautahanga Rd, Turangi, 11am to 1pm.

Te Arawa drive-through vaccination clinic opening hours
Mon: 12pm to 6pm
Tue/Wed/Thu: 3pm to 8pm
Fri/Sat: Closed
Sun: 10am to 4pm
33 Clayton Rd. No booking required.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily Post

'Hot-box' murder: Accused says rival gang bigger issue than patched member's theft

17 Jun 07:00 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

CCTV of rider released after blind, deaf cancer survivor struck in hit-and-run

17 Jun 04:05 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

'Walk away enriched': How to celebrate Matariki in Rotorua

17 Jun 04:00 AM

Jono and Ben brew up a tea-fuelled adventure in Sri Lanka

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

'Hot-box' murder: Accused says rival gang bigger issue than patched member's theft

'Hot-box' murder: Accused says rival gang bigger issue than patched member's theft

17 Jun 07:00 AM

Defence counsel says Mark Hohua died after falling on to concrete steps while fleeing.

CCTV of rider released after blind, deaf cancer survivor struck in hit-and-run

CCTV of rider released after blind, deaf cancer survivor struck in hit-and-run

17 Jun 04:05 AM
'Walk away enriched': How to celebrate Matariki in Rotorua

'Walk away enriched': How to celebrate Matariki in Rotorua

17 Jun 04:00 AM
‘I’ve been put up on the shelf’: Temuera Morrison laments Star Wars limbo

‘I’ve been put up on the shelf’: Temuera Morrison laments Star Wars limbo

17 Jun 03:16 AM
Help for those helping hardest-hit
sponsored

Help for those helping hardest-hit

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP