New Zealand has reported 11 new cases of Covid-19, all in locked down Auckland, its biggest city, as the country looks to limit the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus, reports Reuters.

The latest daily number was down from the 13 infections recorded on Thursday and the lowest any day this week, taking the total number of infections from the current outbreak, which started in mid-August, to 879.

The government will decide on Monday whether the tight lockdown in Auckland would be eased or extended.