Covid-19
Covid update April 11: 7,592 cases, third death considered to be linked to Pfizer vaccine
There are 640 people in hospital, 23 of those people are in intensive care or high dependency units.
Covid update April 10: 6,718 new cases, 604 in hospital
Of the hospitalisations, 22 are in ICU. There are 12 deaths reported today.
Covid update April 9: 8,531 new cases, 11 deaths
There are 635 people in hospital, with 18 in ICU.
Covid-19 Update April 7: 11,634 cases, 13 deaths
From today, 16 and 17-year-olds are able to get a free booster dose.
Covid update April 6: 12,575 cases, 15 deaths
654 people are in hospital - 23 of those people are in ICU or HDU.
Ashley Bloomfield is stepping down as Director-General of Health
His last day will be July 29.
Covid update April 5: 14,120 cases, 23 deaths
692 people are in hospital - 30 of those people are in ICU or HDU.
NZ stays at red traffic light for at least another 10 days
The country will remain at its current traffic light setting for at least another week and a half.
Covid update April 4: 10,205 new cases, 9 deaths
The deaths reported today take the total number to 405.
Covid update April 3: 8,810 new cases, 18 deaths
From 11.59pm tomorrow night, My Vaccine Pass is no longer required.
Covid update April 2: 11,560 cases, 23 deaths
There are 678 people in hospital - 30 of those are in ICU or HDU.
Covid update April 1: 13,475 cases, 17 deaths
Of these deaths, 15 people with the virus have died in the past two days.
Covid update March 31: 15,250 cases, 22 deaths
There are 830 people in hospital, with 28 of those in ICU or HDU.
Why new Covid-19 antiviral drugs are not a replacement for the vaccine
From next week, 60,000 doses of Covid-19 antiviral medication will be available.
Covid update March 30: 15,918 cases, 14 deaths
817 people are in hospital - of those people, 24 are in ICU or HDU.
Covid update March 29: 17,148 new cases, 842 hospitalisations
There are 26 people in ICU. 34 people with the virus have died in the past 10 days.
Covid update March 28: 12,882 community cases, 861 hospitalisations
There are 11 Covid deaths today. They are in Auckland, Waikato, MidCentral and Nelson Marlborough.
Covid update March 26: 14,175 cases, 20 deaths
There are 841 people in hospital, with 27 of those in ICU.
Covid update March 23: 20,087 cases, 11 deaths
There are 960 people in hospital with 31 of them in ICU or HDU.
Vaccine passes, scanning in and some mandates removed: Covid-19 changes
Vaccine mandates for education, police and defence workforces will be dropped from April 4.
Covid Update March 22: 20,907 community cases, 15 deaths
There are 1,016 people in hospital, with 25 of those people in ICU or HDU.
Covid update March 21: 14,463 new cases, 1000 people in hospital
9 people have died with Covid-19. The total number of publicly reported Covid-related deaths is 184.
Covid update March 20: 12,020 community cases
There are updates on testing requirements for some flights coming in from Samoa.
Covid update March 19: 18,514 new cases
There are 939 people in hospital, with 24 in ICU. Ten people have unfortunately died.
Covid update March 18: 14,128 cases, five deaths
The total number of publicly reported Covid-related deaths to date is 156.
Covid Update March 17: 19,566 new community cases, 10 deaths
There are currently 930 people in hospital. Of these, 23 are in ICU or HDU.
Covid update March 14: 15,540 new cases, two deaths
952 people in hospital with the virus and two people with Covid-19 have died.
Covid update March 13: 14,494 new cases, 8 deaths
There are 896 people in hospital.
Covid update March 12: 18,699 new cases, 7 deaths
This brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths in New Zealand to 105.
Covid update March 10: 21,015 cases, record high of 845 hospitalisations
There are now more people in hospital with Covid-19 than at any other point over the last two years.