New Zealand Cases New Zealand has 511 cases currently but there are some startling facts: 70% of cases are Pacific people. The Fiji Island's cases shot up from 473 cases to 45,631 in just 2 months. Ref: From 15 April 2021 the case load went up over the next 4 months to 45,631 cases in a total population of 900,000 (5% of the population contracted the virus in roughly 2 months. Report by The Fiji Times From 16 June (2 months later) the death toll increased from 4 to 479. What happened? Of significance, 18/4/2021: New Zealand and Australia formed a bubble and called it a safe travel zone. https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/new-zealand-safe-travel-zone 24 April 2021: Bubble suspended Ref: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/441154/covid-19-low-risk-to-nz-from-perth-case-health-ministry 11 August 2021: Fiji and Indonesia designated very high risk countries due to COVID-19 risk https://covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and-updates/latest-updates/fiji-and-indonesia-designated-very-high-risk-co