SDHB COVID-19 Daily Update 02 May 2022

Hospitals Update 

Hospitalisation of people with COVID-19 continues to be high throughout the Southern district. These high numbers continue to put pressure on our hospital systems, including emergency departments, due to the streaming of patients into red stream (COVID-19 positive) and green stream (COVID-19 negative). If you feel that you or a member of your whānau require emergency care, please remember the following: 

• Please keep emergency departments for emergencies. If in doubt, please call Healthline on 0800 611 116 at any time of the day or night.  

• If you or a member of your household have COVID-19, please do not show up at the hospital emergency department without contacting them prior to your arrival. Please call 111 at any time of the day or night.  

• The best way you can support healthcare workers and hospital emergency departments is to get your COVID-19 booster dose if you are eligible. A booster dose is your best protection against hospitalisation for COVID-19 

By working together and looking after each other, all of us in the Southern district can support our hospitals and healthcare workers.   

Hospitalisation figures 

Current hospitalisations as at 8am 02 May 2022  

Please note that hospitalisation data does not differentiate between patients admitted because of COVID-19 infection versus those admitted for a separate reason who happen to also have COVID-19. Hospital numbers reported by the Southern DHB include those in mental health wards.   

The Ministry of Health total figures for Southern for the previous 24 hours are: 

• 784 new positive cases  

• 6287 (not recovered from last 7 days)  

Current cases as of 11.59pm 01 May 2022  

Please note, the Ministry of Health’s daily reported cases may differ slightly from those reported at a DHB or local public health unit level. This is because of different reporting cut off times and the assignment of cases between regions, for example when a case is tested outside their usual region of residence. Total numbers will always be the formal daily case tally as reported to the WHO. Due to the increased use of RATs and system lag issues there may be a discrepancy in the number of total active cases from the territorial authority breakdown. A decision has been made nationally that areas with less than 5 new cases per 24-hour period will be reported as “<5”. All territorial authorities with less than 100 cases will have their case numbers rounded to the nearest 5. We are unable to supply further information. Please contact the Ministry of Health directly for more information about these decisions.