New Zealand Reports 83 Local COVID-19 Cases

August 28, 2021Updated: August 28, 2021

New Zealand, in a nationwide lockdown battling an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant, reported 83 local COVID-19 cases on Sunday, health officials said.

Eighty-two cases were reported in Auckland, the epicentre of the outbreak and New Zealand’s largest city, and the other was in the capital, Wellington.