New Zealand Reports 4 More COVID-19 Cases as Delta Variant Spreads

A deserted Devonport main street as Auckland wakes to level four lockdown and four more cases in Auckland, New Zealand, on Aug. 18, 2021. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

WELLINGTON—New Zealand said on Wednesday that an additional four cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country overnight, including an Auckland hospital worker.

That takes the total number of confirmed cases in the country to five, a government spokesman has confirmed.