Imported cases: Cases with a reported history of international travel within 14 days of onset.
Imported related cases: Cases that have a reported link (close contact or epidemiological link) to an imported/overseas acquired case.
Locally acquired cases, epidemiologically linked: Cases that have a reported link (close contact or other epidemiological link) to a locally acquired case with unknown source.
Locally acquired cases, unknown source: Cases that have no reported history of international travel within 14 days of onset and no recorded epidemiological link to a source case.
Source of infection remains under investigation whereby source of infection could not be classified due to incomplete EpiSurv case report forms. These cases are removed from further analyses in the sections below.
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Share of COVID-19 infections in New Zealand November 2020, by infection source
As of November 16, 2020, 43 percent of COVID-19 infection cases in New Zealand were contracted through contact with a person who had recently travelled overseas. Less than five percent of cases were attributed to locally acquired cases where the infection source was unknown.
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Ministry of Health (New Zealand). (November 16, 2020). Share of COVID-19 infections in New Zealand as of November 16, 2020, by infection source [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1108942/new-zealand-coronavirus-source-of-infections-by-source/
Ministry of Health (New Zealand). "Share of COVID-19 infections in New Zealand as of November 16, 2020, by infection source." Chart. November 16, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1108942/new-zealand-coronavirus-source-of-infections-by-source/
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