There has been a total of 207 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, with one new death at North Shore Hospital.
The new cases today include 192 cases in Auckland, seven in Waikato, two in Northland, three in Taupo, one in Rotorua and two in the Tararua district. A further Rotorua case will be included in tomorrow’s official numbers.
There are 90 people in hospital with the coronavirus, including one case in Whangarei and one in Dargaville. Seven are in intensive care.
Fifty of the cases in hospital are unvaccinated or not eligible.
There have now been 5578 cases in the current community outbreak and 8331 cases in New Zealand since the pandemic began.
The Ministry said 26,996 vaccine doses were administered yesterday – 7149 first doses and 19,847 second doses. Ninety percent of New Zealanders have had their first dose and 81 percent are fully vaccinated.
