208 community cases – 128 Auckland; 12 in hospital; 1 in ICU

There were 48,947 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,561,837. Also, 4,807 paediatric doses were given yesterday, bringing the total to 197,471.

With Omicron in New Zealand, one of the best things you can do is get your booster as soon as it is due.

Boosters lower your chances of getting very sick and being hospitalised. Being boosted also helps slow the spread of the virus. If you’re over 18 and your booster is due, please get it now.

Waitangi weekend reminder

We are reminding you that if you are away this Waitangi weekend, you should have plans in place in the event you are identified as a close contact, get COVID-19 symptoms, or find out you have COVID-19.

You are likely to need to self-isolate wherever you become a close contact or test positive, so there may be extra costs involved in paying for additional accommodation and changing your travel plans

Covid-19 vaccine update

• Vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people): 4,047,421 first doses (96%); 3,972,866 second doses (94%); 1,561,837 booster doses (50%)
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 560 first doses; 1,101 second doses; 4,807 paediatric doses; 48,947 booster doses.
• Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 514,362 first doses (90%); 489,002 second doses (86%).
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 278,157 first doses (97%); 270,648 second doses (94%).
• Paediatric vaccines administered to date (percentage of 5-11-year-olds): 197,471 first doses (41%)
• Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 5-11): 26,744 (first doses (23%)
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 5-11): 15,520 first doses (31%)

Vaccination rates for all DHBs (percentage of eligible people aged 12 +)

• Northland DHB: First doses (89.9%); second doses (87%)
• Auckland Metro DHBs: First doses (97%); second doses (96%)
• Waikato DHB: First doses (95%); second doses (93%)
• Bay of Plenty DHB: First doses (95%); second doses (92%)
• Lakes DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (91%)
• MidCentral DHB: First doses (96%); second doses (94%)
• Tairāwhiti DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (89.6%)
• Whanganui DHB: First doses (92%); second doses (89.6%)
• Hawke’s Bay: First doses (97%); second doses (94%)
• Taranaki DHB: First doses (95%); second doses (92%)
• Wairarapa DHB: First doses (96%); second doses (94%)
• Capital and Coast DHB: First doses (98%); second doses (97%)
• Hutt Valley DHB: First doses (97%); second doses (95%)
• Nelson Marlborough DHB: First doses (96%); second doses (95%)
• West Coast DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (91%)
• Canterbury DHB: First doses (99%); second doses (98%)
• South Canterbury DHB: First doses (95%); second doses (94%)
• Southern DHB: First doses (98%); second doses (96%)

Hospitalisations

• Cases in hospital: 12; North Shore: 2; Middlemore: 3; Auckland: 2; Waikato: 2; Rotorua: 2; Christchurch: 1
• Average age of current hospitalisations: 59
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 1 (Rotorua)
• Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region wards only): Unvaccinated or not eligible (1 case / 17%); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (N/A cases / 0%); fully vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (5 cases / 83%).

Cases

• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 157
• Seven day rolling average of border cases: 40
• Number of new community cases: 208
• Number of new cases identified at the border: 19
• Location of new community cases: Northland (7), Auckland (128), Waikato (49), Lakes (1), Bay of Plenty (11), Hawke’s Bay (5), Wellington (3), Nelson Marlborough (3), South Canterbury (1)
• Number of community cases (total): 13,078 (in current community outbreaks)
• Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 9,565
• Number of active cases (total): 1,686 (cases identified in the past 21 days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 17,397

Contacts

• Number of active contacts being managed (total): 5142
• Percentage who has received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements): 77%
• Percentage who has returned at least one result: 70%

Tests

• Number of tests total (last 24 hours): 16,873
• Tests rolling average (last 7 days): 19,330
• Auckland tests total (last 24 hours): 7847

Wastewater

•    No unusual detections to report.

NZ Covid Tracer

• Poster scans in the 24 hours to midday yesterday: 2,423,179
• Manual diary entries in the 24 hours to midday:  37,499

My Vaccine Pass

• Total issued to date: 5,058,000
• Total yesterday: 14,284

Today’s cases

We are reporting new community cases in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Lakes, Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Nelson Marlborough, and Canterbury.

In addition, we are announcing a case in Whanganui that was first reported as part of the Waikato numbers yesterday. Seven cases in Northland and one in Nelson Marlborough were reported after the Ministry’s cut off and will be added to our case numbers later.

Northland

There are 14 new cases in Northland today, seven of which are being reported in today’s numbers and seven more that were notified after Ministry’s cut-off and will be added to the numbers in due course.

Of these 14 cases, six of these cases are in Kerikeri, one in Hokianga North and two in Whangarei. These cases all have linked to previously reported cases.

The remining five cases are under investigation.

Auckland

There are 128 cases to report in Auckland today.

Health and welfare providers are now supporting 2191 people in the region to isolate at home, including 861 cases.

Waikato

Today we’re reporting 49 new cases in Waikato.

Twenty-three of these are linked to previously confirmed cases and public health staff are continuing to investigate the remaining cases.

There are 20 reported for Hamilton, two in Ohaupo, one in Cambridge, one in Huntly, one in Matamata, one in Walton, and the remaining with locations under investigation.

Lakes

We are reporting one new case in the Rotorua district today. This case is linked to a previously reported case.

Bay of Plenty

There are 11 cases to report in Bay of Plenty today,

Of these cases, 10 are linked to previously reported cases and one is under investigation.

Three cases are in the Western Bay of Plenty and eight are in Tauranga. There is one case in Tauranga Hospital.

Hawke’s Bay

Today we are reporting five new cases in Hawke’s Bay.

One has been linked to a previously reported case and the other four remain under investigation.

Whanganui

We are announcing one new case in the Whanganui district today.

The case is a household contact the Whanganui case reported yesterday.

The case was isolating when they tested positive and, at this stage, local public health staff have assessed there are no exposure events associated with this case.

The case was first reported yesterday in Waikato’s figures, as they were recorded as having a Waikato address.

Wellington

We are reporting three cases in the Wellington region today.

In addition, there are three more cases residing in the Wellington region registered to Auckland addresses, who are included in Auckland’s reported numbers today.

Of this total of six cases, four are in Wellington city and two in Porirua.

Two cases are linked to previously reported cases and four remain under investigation. All cases are isolating at home.

Case investigations continue and any new location of interest linked to these cases will be published as they are identified on the Ministry of Health website.

Nelson-Marlborough

There are four cases to announce in Nelson-Marlborough today, one of which came in after the Ministry’s cut-off and will be officially added to the Ministry’s numbers in due course.

Three of these cases are based in the Nelson-Tasman region and one in Marlborough.

Two of these cases are household contacts of known cases and have been in quarantine during their infectious periods.

One case was linked to an Air NZ flight on January 23.

The source of infection for the remaining fourth case, identified while staying at Tahuna Beach Holiday Park, is currently under investigation.

Tahuna Beach Holiday Park in Nelson has been added as a new location of interest today on the Ministry’s website. Mobile testing is now offer at the park until 3pm today.

Canterbury

Today we are reporting a case with a South Canterbury address.

The case is currently in a managed isolation and quarantine facility in Christchurch.

Public health staff are currently investigating the case to determine any links to previously reported cases.

The case’s household contacts are all isolating and have so far tested negative.

Public health staff are not expecting any Timaru locations of interest arising from this case.