There are 14,633 new community cases of Covid-19 in
NZ today.
The Location of new community cases (PCR & RAT) is as follows: Northland (208), Auckland (9,305), Waikato (1,530), Bay of Plenty (762), Lakes (265), Hawke’s Bay (138), MidCentral (175), Whanganui (30), Taranaki (67), Tairawhiti (60), Wairarapa (52), Capital and Coast (604), Hutt Valley (281), Nelson Marlborough (178), Canterbury (573), South Canterbury (24), Southern (372), West Coast (3); Unknown (6)
The number of new cases identified at the border is 23.
There are 82,10 active community cases in NZ.
Yesterday, there were 14,941 new cases in the community and 41 Covid-19 cases were detected at the border.
Positive Covid-19 cases at Parliament protest
On the anti-mandate protest at Parliament, the ministry said there are now 17 people identified as having tested positive who were at the protest.
However, due to reluctance by protesters to get a Covid-19 test, the true number of cases linked to the protest is likely to be much higher, it said.
"The Ministry of Health remains concerned about the spread of Covid-19 at the protest at Parliament."
On vaccinations, the ministry said 13,707 booster doses were given yesterday, as well as 176 first doses; 423 second doses; seven third primary doses; 1175 paediatric first doses and 197 paediatric second doses.
There were 22,742 PCR tests processed in the last 24 hours and 2.7 million rapid antigen tests (RATs) dispatched since Friday morning.
"Since Friday, 10.8 million rapid antigen tests have arrived in the country. This follows 5.2 million that landed on Thursday," the ministry said.
"These new RATs will flow through the supply chain and into community testing centres, GPs, pharmacies and businesses where they can be accessed by anyone who needs one."
Two years ago today, the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in New Zealand, in a recent returnee.
Epidemiologist Michael Baker said the outbreak will peak over the next month before declining and warned the total number of people with Covid-19 is likely much higher than the number of people that get tested.
Meanwhile, the shift from MIQ to home isolation for vaccinated New Zealanders travelling from Australia began today.
