How many Covid-19 cases are gang related?

The Herald reports:

The highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 is “seated” in Auckland's gang communities and among rough sleepers, the has told MPs today.

“If we think about the current outbreak, how it seems to have seated itself in a gang environment and the homeless, these are people that are less likely to be trusting of the health system,” pacific health director Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone said at today's online select committee briefing on the Government's response to Covid-19.

Gangs are not just less trusting of the health system – they are less inclined to regard themselves as bound by the . So when most NZers are following the law around lockdowns etc – why are we surprised that many gang members are not?

Yesterday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said a South Auckland boarding house that provided transitional housing was the focus of a new sub-cluster as cases emerged among residents.

Many in transitional housing are gang members or affiliates.

So the question have, is how many of the current Covid-19 cases involve gang members or associates?

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