7 April 2022
Mr. Melvin
By email: [FYI request #18794 email]
Dear Mr Melvin
Official Information Act Request
On 7 March 2022 you sent a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982
to the Ministry of Health (reference H202203650), who transferred your request to ESR on
25 March 2022. The request transferred to ESR was as follows:
As of Monday March 7th, I would like to know how many cases of the Delta variant are
currently being treated in hospital, and if possible, a breakdown by DHB.
Our response to your request
As of Monday March 7th, I would like to know how many cases of the Delta variant are
currently being treated in hospital, and if possible, a breakdown by DHB.
ESR does not know how many delta cases remained in hospital on 7 March 2022.
ESR identified 13 Delta cases that are recorded as hospitalised in EpiSurv1 since January
this year although the discharge dates have only been entered for 3 cases.
Of the remaining ten cases with no discharge date there was 1 in Capital and Coast, 2 Bay
of Plenty, 1 Lakes, 2 Hawkes Bay, 3 Waitemata and 1 Waikato.
Your right to seek a review
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
Thank you for your request.
Yours sincerely
Jill Vintiner
Joint General Manager Health and Environment - Health ESR
1 EpiSurv collates notifiable disease information on a real-time basis from the Public Health Services in
New Zealand.