### [2021-08-17](/feed/2021/08/17/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# New Zealand reports its first community transmission case of COVID-19 in six months in a unvaccinated 58-year-old man in Devonport who tested positive after visiting GP surgery and have travelled to Coromandel Peninsula at the weekend. 

The man from Devonport on Auckland's North Shore travelled to the Coromandel in the days before testing positive.


### Sources:

1. [Stuff.co.nz](https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126097187/covid19-auckland-community-case-is-unvaccinated-man-58-who-travelled-to-coromandel) [Image](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/y/u/a/o/b/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.1420x800.232p7n.png/1629189207414.jpg)

### Changes:

1. New Zealand records it's first case of community transmission in six months and initiates a nationwide lockdown.  _2021-08-17 09:07:56 (First version)_
1. New Zealand reports its first community transmission case of COVID-19 in six months in a unvaccinated 58-year-old man in Devonport who tested positive after visiting GP surgery and have travelled to Coromandel Peninsula at the weekend.  _(Current version)_

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