There are now four people in hospital in Tauranga with Covid-19, two of which are in ICU, with six new cases across the Bay of Plenty over the past two days.

There has also been a Covid-19 detection in wastewater in Te Puke in Samples taken on December 22 and 23.

A positive wastewater detection has also been reported in Seaview, Hutt Valley.

A new detection in wastewater in Whangarei follows an earlier negative result. Further samples in these and other areas will be collected this week for analysis.

There are also 13 new cases in the Lakes DHB area and two new cases in the Tairāwhiti DHB region are linked to a Tauranga case. These two cases are isolating at home.

Across the nation there have been 126 new cases across the past 48 hours whilst Maori vaccination rates have now reached 80 per cent nationwide for the eligible population.

This follows 454,492 of eligible Māori now having received their second dose.

Both Waikato and Hawkes Bay have now reached 90% fully vaccinated. In Waikato 320,537 eligible people have now had their second dose and in the Hawke's Bay 130,771 are now double-dosed.

Including the four cases in Tauranga Hospital there are now 47 cases hospitalised across New Zealand.

A full update on today's cases is available here.