There are 45 new Covid cases in the community today, including 12 unlinked 'mystery' cases.Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said it was the largest number of cases we'd had in some time.A total of 33 are household or close contacts of existing cases and weren't infectious in community."In some sense they were expected," Bloomfield said.Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins said today's number of cases was "sobering" and said no one would be celebrating - but it was important to place it in context, knowing a lot of cases were from big households.We've still got to hold our nerve here," he said "We do expect from time to time there will blips."Asked whether Auckland residents should be prepared for longer periods in current alert levels, Hipkins said it was important to remember the nature of cases was a chief aspect in informing alert level shifts.However, he said the number of household contacts pointed to the nature of this outbreak where it was very transmissable"I would encourage people to not read too much into it."Bloomfield said quite a few of the cases were in transitional housing and were moving around for a range of reasons, given their situations.There had been a lot of engagement with gang leadership after infections had been revealed in three separate households. However, he said they weren't seeing many new cases in these households.
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