Nelson-Marlborough DHB is expected to become the tenth DHB to hit the 90% fully vaccinated milestone later today based on uptake among its eligible population, with just 246 doses to go as of 11.59pm yesterday.

Next in line based on uptake by their eligible populations are South Canterbury DHB (195 doses to go); Hawkes Bay DHB (1,714 doses); and Waikato (3,557 doses), which are expected to reach this soon.

For Māori vaccinations, Wairarapa DHB has just 4 doses remaining to reach 90% partially vaccinated for its population; while Southern DHB has 42 doses to go, and Waitemata has 225 doses to go to reach this milestone. They will soon join the five other DHBs to have reached this mark, while Auckland DHB and Capital and Coast DHB are neck and neck to become the first DHBs to reach 90% fully vaccinated for Maori, with 1,118 doses and 1,154 does to go respectively.

For our Pacific communities, MidCentral DHB has just 6 doses to go to reach 90% of its Pacific population being fully vaccinated, with Canterbury only 10 doses away, and Waikato with just 108 doses to go. Nine other DHBs have already hit this milestone.

Omicron update

The total number of international arrivals to New Zealand with the Omicron variant remains at 22 today.

Of the total Omicron cases to date, all remain in managed isolation with the exception of one case who has now recovered and been released as they are no longer infectious.

Health and MIQ teams have been carefully planning for Omicron cases at the border and will continue to manage all arrivals cautiously. This includes isolation and testing requirements for all new arrivals, robust infection and prevention control and PPE measures at airports and MIQ facilities, and frequent surveillance testing of staff who have any contact with recent international returnees.

COVID-19 vaccine update

• Vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people): 3,966,212 first doses (94%); 3,808,013 second doses (90%); 25,313 third primary doses; 227,559 booster doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 1,860 first doses; 6,273 second doses; 637 third primary doses and 11,558 booster doses.
• Māori (percentage of eligible people): 496,932 first doses (87%); 445,578 second doses (78%)
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people): 268,629 first doses (94%); 253,432 second doses (88%)

Vaccination rates by DHB with active cases (percentage of eligible people)

• Northland DHB: First doses (88%); second doses (83%)
• Auckland Metro DHBs: First doses (96%); second doses (93%)
• Waikato DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (89%)
• Bay of Plenty DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (88%)
• Lakes DHB: First doses (91%); second doses (86%)
• Taranaki DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (88%)
• Nelson-Marlborough DHB: First doses (95%); second doses (90%)
• Canterbury DHB: First doses (98%); second doses (94%)

Hospitalisations

• Cases in hospital: 57; North Shore: 10; Auckland: 25; Middlemore: 19; Northland 1; Waikato: 2
• Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region wards only, excluding those in ED): Unvaccinated or not eligible (28 cases / 55%); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (6 cases / 12%); fully vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (11 cases / 21%); unknown (6 cases / 12%)
• Average age of current hospitalisations: 49
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 7 (1 in North Shore; 2 in Auckland; 3 in Middlemore, 1 in Northland)

Cases

• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 67
• Number of new community cases: 28
• Number of new cases identified at the border: 5
• Location of new community cases: Auckland (21), Bay of Plenty (5), Taranaki (2).
• Number of community cases (total): 10,320 (in current community outbreak)
• Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 7,647
• Number of active cases (total): 1,675 (cases identified in the past 21 days and not yet classed as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 13,161

Contacts

• Number of active contacts being managed (total): 6,664
• Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements): 85%
• Percentage who have returned at least one result: 77%

Tests

• Number of tests total (last 24 hours): 14,745
• Tests rolling average (last 7 days): 21,019
• Auckland tests total (last 24 hours): 9,160

Wastewater

• No unexpected detections

NZ COVID Tracer

• Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday: 3,019,693
• Manual diary entries in 24 hours to midday: 43,117

My Vaccine Pass

• My vaccine pass downloads total: 4,407,281
• My vaccine pass downloads (last 24 hours): 15,254