‘Oku ‘i lalo ha fakamatala fakaTonga

Daily Covid-19 numbers are the highest they have been for four and a half months, at 8428.

It is the first time the reported cases have breached 8000 in the country’s third wave.

The Ministry of Health said the virus was also increasing in wastewater and only about 44 percent of actual cases were being reported.

The wave would likely keep rising but a peak was difficult to predict because there were several variants in the community, and it was not known how much of a role previous infection was having on immunity, the ministry said.

The greater Wellington region had the highest rate of reported infection at 205 per 100,000 people, with Nelson Marlborough the lowest at 110.

Last week, there were 589 people hospitalised – a jump of 142 on the week before.

The number of people dying from, or with, the virus had declined slightly.

Death and hospitalisation rates tended to lag slightly behind the trend for community cases.

This week’s Covid Insights report from the ministry did not have an update on the variant mix, but the last reported figures showed BA.5, which had dominated for months, now made up fewer than half of all cases.

The rest were a mix of five other variants.

Tuesdays usually had the highest cases numbers of the week, because of a lag in weekend reporting.

FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA

Ko e toko valuafe fāngeau uofulu mā valu ‘a e toko lahi taha kuo a’u ki ai ‘a e toko lahi ‘o e Kƍviti -19 ‘i he māhina ko ‘eni ‘e fā mo e konga.
Ko e fuofua taimi ia ke lipooti mai ‘i Nu’usila kuo a’u ‘a e toko lahi ‘o e kau puke ‘i he Kƍviti ki he toko valuafe, ‘i he’ene toe liu mai ko ‘eni hono tolu.
Na’e pehē ‘e he Potungāue Mo’ui ‘oku toe ‘alu ki ‘olunga ‘a e vailasi ‘i he vai ko ē ‘oku fou mai mei he ngaahi toileti pea ko e peseti pē ‘e fāngofulu mā fā kuo fakahā ange.  
Na’e fakahā ‘e he potungāue, ‘oku matamata ke ‘a’alu pē ki ‘olunga ‘a e toko lahi ka ‘oku ‘ikai faingata’a ke tala ‘a e fika ‘e a’u ki ai koe’uhi kuo lahi ‘a e kalasi kehekehe ‘o e vailasi ‘i he komiunitÄ«, pea ‘oku ‘ikai ‘ilo ai ‘a e lahi ‘o e ngaahi uesia kimu’a ‘i he komiunitÄ«.
Ko e vāhenga lahi ko ia ‘o Uelingatoni ‘a e ma’olunga taha kuo lipooti mei ai ‘a e kau puke, ko e toko 205 mei he kakai ‘e toko tahakilu [100.000] pea ko Nelsoni Malapolo ‘a e ma’olalo taha ko e toko teau hongofulu.
Na’e tākoto falemahaki ‘a e toko nimangeau valungofulu mā hiva [589] ‘i he ike kuo ‘osi, ko e ‘alu hake ia ‘a e toko lahi ‘aki ‘a e toko teau fāngofulu mā ua.
‘Oku holo ai pē ki lalo ‘a e kakai ‘oku tu’u ‘i he tu’unga fakatu’utāmaki.
‘Oku holo pē ki lalo ‘a e tu’unga ko ia ‘o e kau mate mo e tākoto falemahaki ‘i he kau puke ko ‘eni ‘i he komiunitÄ«.
‘Oku ‘ikai foki ke ma’u ‘e potungāue hano tala fakamuimui ‘o e tĆ«kunga ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e kalasi kehekehe ‘o e vailasi, ‘i ha lau mahino mei he loto’i potungāue, ka ‘i he lau māhina ko e toko lahi na’e lipooti fakamuimui na’e hā ‘a e kei hoko ‘a e  B.A 5 tefito’i makatu’unga ia ‘o e puke.
‘Oku ‘i ai leva mo e ni’ihi ko epuke ia tupu mei he kalasi kehekehe.
Ko e ‘aho TĆ«site na’e toko lahi taha ai ‘a e kau puke, koe’uhi he na’e holo ia ‘i he lipooti ‘o e faka’osinga ‘o e uike.

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