The Ministry of Health on Saturday reported 34 new local cases of COVID-19 in the North Island outbreak, 11 of them unlinked.
Eleven of the linked cases are known household contacts.
Of the new local cases, 31 are in Auckland and three in Waikato. All the Waikato cases have been linked to known clusters.
Thirty-one of the 44 cases reported on Friday have exposure events, the ministry said. There have now been 30 cases with no known links in the past two weeks.
At present there are 26 cases in hospital - three on the North Shore, 13 at Middlemore, eight in Auckland, one in Waikato and one in Palmerston North. Seven of these are in ICU or HDU.
As for the person whose positive test sparked the Northland lockdown, they are in an Auckland quarantine facility. Their travelling companion has not yet been found.
"The case was under investigation after returning a weak positive result from a test in Whangarei earlier this week and Friday returned a positive test result in Auckland," the ministry said.
"Public health staff continue to work closely with the case to determine any locations of interest or exposure events associated with the case. Public health staff are also working closely with police to identify possible locations or areas of interest."
Testing stations are open at six locations across Northland - find these on the DHB's website. Vaccination clinics are also available at Kaitaia, Whangarei, Dargaville, Kerekere, Kaikohe, and Moerewa.
Two cases were picked up at the border.
Several new locations of interest were released on Saturday afternoon, bringing the total to 267.
They are: Comfort Hotel Flames in Onerahi, Saturday October 2, 6pm to 6:30pm; Pepe's Dairy, also in Onerahi, Sunday October 3, 9am to 10am; and the Department of Conservation Uretiti campsite, Sunday October 3, 5pm-6:30pm; Kingsford Home Bakery & More in Mangere East, Wednesday October 6, 10:30am-11:30am; Bus 110 Fleet NB2152 Victoria St West to Triangle Road, Auckland, Wednesday September 29, 4:46pm-5:15pm; ASB Pukekohe, THursday October 7, 10:15am-11am; Circle K Convenience Store, Auckland Central, Tuesday October 5, 12pm-12:15pm; Comfort Hotel Flames, Whangarei, Saturday October 2, 6pm-6:30pm.
The Ministry of Health earlier on Saturday notified a few more locations of interest - a Kiwibank ATM at 75 St George St, Papatoetoe; Challenge Massey; Glendene Superette; Kingsford Home Bakery & More in Māngere East; Manhattan Superette and Snack Shop Superette in Glendene; Curry of India in Devonport; Harbour View Hotel in Raglan; Vege King in Hamilton's Fairfield, and the Red Cross Shop in Frankton, Hamilton.
They can all be found, as well as instructions on what to do if you were present, on the Ministry of Health website.
