The number of Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand continues to rise, with another 82 announced today, all in Auckland.

This brings the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 429. There are 415 in Auckland and 14 in Wellington.

Almost 32,000 contacts of those cases have been identified, and 81% of those contacts have had a test.

There was no press conference today, with the information instead released via a statement from the Ministry of Health.

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"All of the cases have or are being transferred safely to a quarantine facility, under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE," it reads.

Yesterday, 36,418 tests were processed across New Zealand and 89,316 vaccines were administered - the second biggest daily total to date.

The number of locations of interest also continues to rise. There are now 488, all listed on the MoH website.

Twenty-five of the community cases are in hospital, with two in a stable condition in ICU and the rest stable on wards.

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One case is in North Shore Hospital, 11 are in Middlemore Hospital, 12 are in Auckland City Hospital, and one is in Wellington Regional Hospital.

"There are 376 cases that have been clearly epidemiologically-linked to another case or sub-cluster, and a further 53 for which links are yet to be fully established," the statement says.

"There are currently seven epidemiologically-linked sub clusters identified within this outbreak. The two largest clusters are the Birkdale Social Network cluster associated with Case A (64 confirmed cases), and the Mangere church cluster (197 confirmed cases)."

There is one new case in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility.

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All the patients at Amberlea Home and Hospital Care Facility (Algie’s Bay), where one of the positive cases worked two shifts while unknowingly infectious, have been tested.

Of the 13 swabs taken, 12 have returned negative results, and the remaining one test is pending and expected today.

The worker is fully vaccinated and, along with other staff, adhered to strict Alert Level 4 infection, prevention and control protocols, including wearing face coverings and other PPE, the Ministry says.

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There are no new unexpected detections from wastewater reported. Further samples from a range of sites in Christchurch are currently being analysed.

An error at a vaccination centre in the Canterbury DHB area earlier this month means that 13 people may have received a lower dose of the COVID-19 vaccine than intended.

"No patient harm would have resulted from this occurrence, but we acknowledge this would be concerning for the people involved.

"Twelve of the group have been contacted and are booked in for another dose of the vaccine. A range of methods is being used to contact the remaining person. They are also booked in to receive their second dose."