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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday extended a Covid-19 lockdown as the country's Delta outbreak widened beyond its largest city, Auckland, to the capital, Wellington. Kiwis had been living virus-free until Ardern on Tuesday ordered a three-day nationwide lockdown and seven-day shutdown in Auckland after discovering the country's first case since February. The caseload from the latest outbreak rose to 31 with 11 new cases on Friday, prompting Ardern to extend the lockdown until 11.59pm on August 24. "We just don't quite know the full scale of this Delta outbreak," Ardern said. "We want the whole country on…