Covid
Ashley Bloomfield tests positive for Covid-19
There are 6,862 new cases of Covid-19 today and 25 deaths.
Second Covid-19 booster shot available soon for most vulnerable
Final decisions on the eligible group will be made within the next two weeks.
Covid update May 26: 7,591 community cases,16 deaths
The total number of active cases is 49,645.
Covid update May 25: First community case of subvariant BA.2.12.1
There are 8,150 new community cases.
Covid update May 24: 8435 cases, 15 deaths
There are 327 people in hospital - 10 of those people are in ICU or HDU.
New Zealand stays at Orange traffic light setting: Covid-19
The next review of the traffic light settings will be in June.
Covid update May 23: 6,000 new cases, 9 deaths
There are 363 people in hospital, with 14 of those people in intensive care or high dependency units
Covid update May 22: 4,990 cases, 379 hospitalisations
The Ministry of Health says 10 people with Covid-19 have died.
Covid update May 21: 6,635 new cases, 400 hospitalisations
The Ministry of Health says 6 people with Covid-19 have died.
Covid update May 20: 7,800 cases, 17 deaths
The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers is 8,032 – last Friday it was 7,548.
Covid update May 19: 9091 cases, 5 deaths
There are 411 people in hospital.
Covid Update May 18: 9,570 community cases, 32 deaths
There are 425 people in hospital with 9 of those people in intensive care or high dependency units.
Covid Update May 17: 9,843 community cases, 421 hospitalisations
Todays seven-day rolling average of community case numbers is 7,795 – last Tuesday it was 7,927.
Covid Update May 16: 7,061 cases, 5 deaths
415 people are currently in hospital.
Covid update May 15: 5,745 new cases, 15 deaths
15 people with Covid-19 have died, bringing the publicly reported total to date to 973.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid
She's one of 7,068 other new cases of Covid-19 today.
Covid update May 13: 7,441 cases, 29 deaths
About half of the actual number of Covid-19 cases are being reported.
Covid update May 12: 9,392 cases, 9 deaths
398 people are currently in hospital with the virus.
New Zealand's border will fully reopen from July
It has been brought forward from October, and includes all non-visa waiver countries.
Covid Update May 11: 28 deaths, 7,970 community cases
Today’s seven-day rolling average of community case numbers is 7,420 – last Wednesday it was 7,746.
Covid Update May 10: 9,173 new cases, NZ passes 1 million confirmed cases
In May last year, there were only 2,288 confirmed Covid-19 cases.
Covid update May 9: 6,407 new cases, 18 in ICU
Two more people are confirmed as having the BA.5 variant of Omicron.
Covid update May 8: 5,647 new cases, 3 deaths
A case of the BA.5 variant has been discovered at Aotearoa's border for the first time.
Covid update May 7: 6,745 new cases, 15 in ICU.
There are 339 people in hospital, and 12 deaths being reported.
You can catch Covid-19 twice in one month: Reinfection explained
“As long as we have more than one variant circulating, there will be a risk of reinfection.”
Covid May 6: 7,347 cases, 24 deaths
363 people are currently in hospital.
Covid update May 5: 8,609 new cases, 20 deaths
A person under 10, with Covid-19, has died.
Covid Update May 4: 8,454 new cases, person under age 10 dies
The person was one of 24 people with the virus who have recently died.
Covid Update May 3: 9,109 new cases, 20 deaths
There are currently 55,588 active community casees.
Covid Update May 2: 6,636 new cases, 7 deaths
Today’s seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 7,553 – last Monday it was 8,355.