Coronavirus

Covid-19: 4540 community cases

Today the Ministry of Health are reporting 4,540 community cases and 473 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today... Read More

A year on from NZ‘s longest Covid-19 lockdown

One year on from the country's longest Covid-19 lockdown, an epidemiologist says further lockdowns cannot be ruled out, instead preparing to do them better.... Read More

Covid-19: 4489 community cases

Today, the Ministry is reporting 4489 community cases and 496 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 3975... Read More

LIVE: Covid-19 and flu media update

Dr Andrew Old, Deputy-Director General and head of the Public Health Agency Dr Andrew Old is holding a media briefing to provide an update on Covid-19 response... Read More

Covid case numbers on the rise again

Covid-19 cases numbers have risen for the second day in a row. Today, the Ministry of Health is reporting 4811 community cases and 533 current hospitalisations. This... Read More

Covid-19: 3387 community cases reported today

Today, the Ministry of Health is reporting 3387 community cases and 536 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today... Read More

Covid-19: Experts seeing consistent pattern

Wastewater sampling, the testing of groups of workers and daily case numbers all confirm a consistent trend, computational biologist David Welch says. The number... Read More

Total reported Covid case numbers drop

Today, the Ministry of Health is reporting 2618 community cases, 557 current hospitalisations and 15 patients in ICU. On Saturday, the ministry reported 3650... Read More

Covid-19: 3650 community cases; 27 deaths

The number of new daily community cases has fallen to 3650 today, but another 27 deaths of people with Covid-19 have also been reported. The Ministry of... Read More

Covid-19: 191 new cases in the Bay of Plenty

There are 4,126 new community cases of Covid-19 today with 191 of these cases in the Bay of Plenty. There are 549 current hospitalisations with 21 people in... Read More

Covid-19: 5169 community cases, 18 deaths

The Ministry of Health are today reporting 5169 new community cases, 599 current hospitalisations and 11 people in ICU. There are 18 deaths reported today. 'Of... Read More

Average of four a week dying at home from Covid

Eighty-seven people have died in their homes from Covid-19 since March 2022 and public health experts want the deaths investigated. On average, four people a... Read More