An investigation is underway after a Covid-19 positive man escaped from an Auckland MIQ facility and travelled more than 12km.
There 49 new Delta cases in the community today, bringing the cluster total to 736. The number of people in hospital has jumped to 42.
And the government plans to introduce a testing regime for people crossing borders into different alert levels - as Northland heads to level 3 tonight.
Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verall explains what happened with the infected escapee.
