There are 143 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today, 135 in Auckland, 6 in Waikato and 2 in Northland. There are no new community cases to report in Christchurch.
Yesterday, two vaccination milestones were reached with 75% of eligible New Zealanders now fully vaccinated and Auckland now has reached 80% fully vaccinated.
The Ministry would like to remind anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated, to not delay doing so wherever you are in the country. It’s safe, will help to stop you and your loves ones getting seriously ill, and could save your life and theirs.
The reported number of cases in Auckland is not unexpected and is line with modelling to date. People are urged to closely monitor the Ministry’s locations of interest webpage,