New Zealand Reports 83 Local COVID-19 Cases

A medical worker administers a COVID-19 test at a testing clinic during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Auckland, New Zealand, on Aug. 26, 2021. (Fiona Goodall/Reuters)

New Zealand, in a nationwide lockdown battling an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant, reported 83 local COVID-19 cases on Sunday, health officials said.

Eighty-two cases were reported in Auckland, the epicentre of the outbreak and New Zealand’s largest city, and the other was in the capital, Wellington.