Tag: covid update

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE April 7, 2022   Today we are reporting 11,634 community cases, 639 hospitalisations and 13 deaths. It's encouraging to see case numbers continuing to...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE April 6, 2022   Today we are reporting 12,575 community cases, 654 hospitalisations and 15 deaths. It's encouraging to see case numbers continuing to...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE April 5, 2022   Today we are reporting 14,120 community cases, 692 hospitalisations and 23 deaths. Although we have seen a slight increase in...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE April 4, 2022   Today we are reporting 10,205 community cases, 734 hospitalisations and 9 deaths. The seven-day rolling average of case numbers continues...

MINISTRY OF HEALTHY UPDATE April 3, 2022   Today we are reporting 8810 community cases, 690 hospitalisations and 18 deaths. The seven-day rolling average of case numbers continues...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE April 1, 2022   Today we are reporting 13,475 community cases, 764 hospitalisations and 17 deaths. The seven-day rolling average of case numbers continues...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 31, 2022   Today we are reporting 15,250 community cases, 830 hospitalisations and 22 deaths. It's encouraging to see case numbers continuing to...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 30, 2022   Today we are reporting 15,918 community cases, 817 hospitalisations and 14 deaths. It's encouraging to see case numbers continuing to...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 29, 2022 Today we are reporting 17,148 community cases, 842 hospitalisations and 34 deaths. We have seen an increase today in case...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 28, 2022   Today we are reporting 12,882 community cases, 861 hospitalisations and 11 deaths. The Ministry of Health continues to encourage people...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 27, 2022   Today we are reporting 10,239 community cases, 848 hospitalisations and 4 deaths. It’s encouraging to see the total number of...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 26, 2022   Today we are reporting 14,175 community cases, 841 hospitalisations and 20 deaths. It’s encouraging to see the total number of...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 25, 2022   Today we are reporting 15,871 community cases, 899 hospitalisations and 13 deaths. Every hospitalisation is a reminder of the importance...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 24, 2022 Today we are reporting 18,423 community cases, 913 hospitalisations and 11 deaths. Every hospitalisation is a reminder of the importance...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 23, 2022   Today we are reporting 20,087 community cases, 960 hospitalisations and 11 deaths. Getting boosted continues to be one of the...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 22, 2022   Today we are reporting 20,907 community cases, 1016 hospitalisations and 15 deaths. We have seen an increase today in case...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 21, 2022   Today we are reporting 14,463 community cases, 1000 hospitalisations and 9 deaths. Every Covid-19 hospitalisation is a reminder of the...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 19, 2022 We are reporting 18,514 community cases of Covid-19 today. The daily reported cases are expected to continue to fluctuate. This means...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 18, 2022   Today there are 14,128 cases to report and 943 people in hospital with Covid-19. We are continuing to see increases...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 17, 2022 Registering your RAT result The Ministry would like to thank the many people who are getting tested and reporting...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 16, 2022   Today we are announcing eight people who died with Covid-19 yesterday and an additional 16 people who died in...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 15, 2022   Today we are reporting 21,616 new community cases, 960 people in hospital with the virus, and two Covid-19 related...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 14, 2022   Today we are reporting 15,540 new community cases, 952 people in hospital with the virus, and two Covid-19 related...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 13, 2022 Today we are reporting 14,494 new community cases, 896 people in hospital with the virus, and eight Covid-19 related...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 12, 2022 Today we are reporting 18,699 new community cases, 853 people in hospital with the virus, and seven additional Covid-19...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 11, 2022 Today we are reporting 20,989 new community cases, 856 people in hospital with the virus, and seven additional Covid-19...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 10, 2022 Wairarapa has become the seventh DHB area to reach 90% fully vaccinated for Māori. This milestone is another opportunity...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 9, 2022 There are 8529 new cases being reported in the Auckland Region today, representing 56 per cent of the total...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 8, 2022 As the outbreak progresses, we are continuing to see a larger proportion of unvaccinated cases in hospital with Covid-19. Just...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 7, 2022 The Ministry would like to thank the many people who are reporting their Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) with more...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 6, 2022 We are reporting 15,161 community cases of Covid-19 today, another day in which the overall daily case numbers reported...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 4, 2022 The increasing number of cases and hospitalisations is a reminder of the importance getting vaccinated and boosted. Being boosted greatly...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 3, 2022 Further increases in cases and hospitalisations are a reminder of the things we can do to slow the spread...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 2, 2022   It’s great to see more than 60 per cent of eligible Māori across the motu have now received a...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE March 1, 2022   Further increases in cases and hospitalisations are a reminder of the things we can do to slow the spread...

MINSTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 28, 2022   Since Friday, 10.8 million Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) have arrived in the country. This follows 5.2 million that landed...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE 25 February 2022 The further increase in cases today is not unexpected given the ongoing spread of Omicron and wider testing achieved...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 23, 2022   Increased Rapid Antigen Test use at community testing centres Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) will be used as the primary test...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 22, 2022 The booster rollout continues with more than 27,770 booster doses administered across the motu yesterday. With Omicron spreading rapidly in...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 21, 2022   More than 2.1 million booster shots have now been given nationally, with more than 15,000 administered on Sunday. Getting the...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 19, 2022 More than 2.1 million booster shots have now been given nationally, with over 25,000 administered on Friday. The booster dose...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 18, 2022 Nearly 370,000 booster doses were administered over a successful Big Boost week, pushing the total number of boosted people...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 17, 2022 The Big Boost push continues to see tens of thousands of people going out to get their booster dose...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 16, 2022 The Big Boost Week continues to see tens of thousands of people going out to get their booster dose...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 15, 2022   The Big Boost Week continues to see tens of thousands of people going out to get their booster dose...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 14, 2022   The Big Boost Week continues to see tens of thousands of people going out to get their booster dose...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 11, 2022 The Big Boost continues today, promoting the booster dose to anyone over 18 who has had their second dose...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 10, 2022 The Big Boost Week is now in full swing with 56,257 booster doses administered across New Zealand yesterday, bringing...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 9, 2022 Today we start a national week of action called ‘The Big Boost’ where we’re making it as easy as possible to...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 8, 2022 There were 18,655 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,605,815. Also, 1502 paediatric doses were...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 7, 2022 There were 24,935 booster doses administered on Waitangi Day yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,586,950. Also, 1706...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 6, 2022   There were 48,947 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,561,837. Also, 4,807 paediatric doses were...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 4, 2022 Māori across Aotearoa will today reach 90% partial vaccination (first dose). As of 11am this morning, they were just...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 3, 2022 There were 36,230 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,399,350. Also, 5725 paediatric doses were...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 2, 2022   There were  38,332 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,362,811. Also, 8,636 paediatric doses were given yesterday, bringing the total...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE February 1, 2022 There were 22,508 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,324,160. Also, 5826 paediatric doses were...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 31, 2022 There were also 13,376 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,300,364. Also, 4208 paediatric doses...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 28, 2022 The West Coast has become the 17th DHB to fully vaccinate more than 90% of its residents with two doses. Yesterday...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 27, 2022 Canterbury has become the third DHB to fully vaccinate more than 90% of eligible Māori. More than four million first...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 26, 2022 Auckland has become the second DHB to fully vaccinate 90% of Māori within their rohe. South Canterbury has become the...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 25, 2022   Today, we are reporting 56,788 boosters administered yesterday, the highest number in one day so far, bringing the total...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 24, 2022   More than 1 million booster doses have now been administered – 57% of those who are due. Boosters lower your...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 21, 2022 New Zealand’s vaccine rollout remains our key defence against all variants of Covid-19, including Omicron. There were 37,967 boosters administered yesterday, bringing...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 20, 2022 Today, we are reporting 12,057 first doses of the paediatric Pfizer vaccine administered yesterday to 5 to 11-year-olds, bringing...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 19, 2022 Yesterday, 13,028 child (paediatric) vaccine first doses were administered to 5 to 11-year-olds throughout New Zealand. Nearly 30,000 children in...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 18, 2022 Yesterday, on the first day they became available, 14,367 child (paediatric) vaccine first doses were administered to 5 to...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 17, 2022 Child vaccine available from today The child (paediatric) Pfizer vaccine is now available for 5-11 year-olds at centres throughout New Zealand, including walk-ins, drive-throughs,...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 15, 2022 The vaccine remains New Zealand’s key defence against all variants of Covid-19, including Omicron. On Monday, the vaccine will be...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 14, 2022 Forty five per cent of the population currently eligible have now received their booster shot. We are strongly recommending boosters...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 13, 2022 Today, Capital and Coast will become the first DHB area to reach the 90% fully vaccinated milestone for Māori....

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 12, 2022 Forty percent of the eligible population have now received their booster shot. We are strongly recommending boosters for anyone over...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 10, 2022 Vaccination remains our key defence against all variants of Covid-19, including Omicron. We continue to ask everyone who is...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 7, 2022 The vaccine remains our key defence against all variants of Covid-19, including Omicron. We continue to ask everyone who...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 6, 2022 We are today reporting 43 cases identified at the border, a jump from 23 cases yesterday.  While whole genome...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 5, 2022 From today, anyone aged 18 and over who had their second vaccination at least four months ago can get...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE January 2, 2022 Two DHBs are less than 1000 doses away from reaching their 90% fully vaccinated milestone. As of this morning,...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 30, 2021 Canterbury DHB has become the third DHB area to be 95% fully vaccinated, joining Auckland DHB and Capital and...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 27, 2021 Hawke’s Bay is set to become the 12th DHB area to have 90 percent of its eligible population fully...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 21, 2021 Nelson-Marlborough DHB is expected to become the tenth DHB to hit the 90% fully vaccinated milestone later today based...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 20, 2021 This morning MidCentral DHB became the ninth of our 20 DHBs to achieve the 90% milestone for its eligible...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 17, 2021 Both Capital & Coast and Auckland DHBs are close to reaching 90% fully vaccinated for their eligible Māori populations. For...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 16, 2021 Congratulations New Zealand – we’ve reached the milestone of 90 per cent fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As of 11.59pm yesterday, 3,789,662...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 15, 2021  Counties Manukau DHB have now reached 90% fully vaccinated, bringing all three Auckland Metro DHBs to 90% or more...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 14, 2021  There were 18,527 total vaccine doses administered yesterday, including 2,434 first doses and 6,849 second doses. To date, 94% of eligible people in New Zealand...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE *Government traffic light update given today at 4pm December 13, 2021 Rapid antigen testing for unvaccinated travellers From this Wednesday, rapid antigen testing will...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 9, 2021  There were 22,859 total vaccine doses administered yesterday, including 3,786 first doses and 9339 second doses. To date,...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 8, 2021  There were 24,142 total vaccine doses administered yesterday, including 4,387 first doses and 10,093 second doses. To date,...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 7, 2021  Southern has become the fifth DHB in New Zealand to be 90% fully vaccinated, reaching this key milestone...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 6, 2021 There have now been more than 3.7 million My Vaccine Passes issued, including more than 82,000 on Sunday. The...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 4, 2021  The Auckland Metro DHB (which includes Auckland, Waitematā and Counties-Manukau) has today reached the milestone of 90% of...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 3, 2021 Waitematā and Canterbury have now become the third and fourth DHB areas to reach 90% fully vaccinated, after Auckland...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 2, 2021    Covid-19 vaccine update Total vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people) 7,616,944: 3,901,961 first doses (93%); 3,632,748 second doses (86%); 14,406 third primary doses; 67,829 booster doses Total vaccines administered...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE December 1, 2021 There were 41,077 total vaccine doses administered yesterday, including 7,432 first doses and 14,223 second doses. To date, 93%...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE November 30, 2021 There were 40,972 total doses administered yesterday, including 6213 first doses and 11,862 second doses. To date, 92% of eligible...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATENovember 29, 2021  There were 14,009 total doses* administered yesterday, made up 3679 first doses and 8040 second doses. To date,...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE November 28, 2021  There were 20,873 first and second vaccine doses administered yesterday, made up 6,378 first doses and 14,495 second...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE November 26, 2021 There were 18,092 first and second vaccine doses administered yesterday, made up of 6319 first doses and 11,773 second...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATE November 25, 2021  There were 18,623 first and second vaccine doses administered yesterday, made up of 6600 first doses and 12,023...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATENovember 24, 2021  There were 18,880 first and second vaccine doses administered yesterday, made up of 6,496 first doses and 12,384...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH UPDATENovember 23, 2021  There were 15,224 first and second vaccine doses administered yesterday, made up of 4777 first doses and 10,447...