New Zealand’s Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads to South Island

A sign on an Auckland motorway urges people to get vaccinated at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic during a single-day vaccination drive, aimed at significantly increasing the percentage of vaccinated people in the country, in Auckland, New Zealand, on Oct. 16, 2021. Simon Watts/Reuters

New Zealand reported 104 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, including the first community case of the virus in the country’s South Island in nearly a year, health officials said.

Most of the new infections were reported in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, that has been under a strict lockdown for more than two months. Looser restrictions are in place in most of the rest of the country of 5 million.