Whanganui and Tairāwhiti DHBs are close to reaching 90% partially vaccinated. As of this morning, Tairāwhiti has just 266 more people to get their first vaccination before reaching this important milestone and Whanganui has 325.
There were 21,744 total vaccine doses administered yesterday, including 3,374 first doses and 9,225 second doses. To date, 94% of eligible people in New Zealand have had their first dose and 89% are fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 vaccine update
- Vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people): 3,943,167 first doses (94%); 3,729,419 second doses (89%); 19,808 third primary doses; 141,271 booster doses
- Vaccines administered yesterday: 3,374 first doses; 9,225 second doses; 714 third primary does and 8,431 booster doses.
- Māori (percentage of eligible people): 488,348 first doses (86%); 421,738 second doses (74%)
- Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people): 265,795 first doses (93%); second doses 245,125 (86%)
Vaccination rates by DHB with active cases (percentage of eligible people)
- Northland DHB: First doses (87%); second doses (80%)
- Auckland Metro DHBs: First doses (95%); second doses (91%)
- Waikato DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (87%)
- Bay of Plenty DHB: First doses (92%); second doses (85%)
- Lakes DHB: First doses (91%); second doses (83%)
- Taranaki DHB: First doses (92%); second doses (85%)
- MidCentral DHB: First doses (94%); second doses (88%)
- Whanganui DHB: First doses (89%); second doses (82%)
- Hawke’s Bay DHB: First doses (93%); second doses (86%)
- Nelson-Marlborough DHB: First doses (94%); second doses (88%)
- Canterbury DHB: First doses (97%); second doses (92%)
Hospitalisations
- Cases in hospital: 56 North Shore: 13; Auckland: 16; Middlemore: 24; Waikato: 1; Tauranga:1; Nelson-Marlborough: 1
- Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region wards only): Unvaccinated or not eligible (30 cases / 57%); partially immunised
- Average age of current hospitalisations: 51
- Cases in ICU or HDU: 4 (1 in Auckland; 2 in Middlemore, 1 in North Shore)
Cases
- Seven day rolling average of community cases: 103
- Number of new community cases: 95
- Number of new cases identified at the border: 1
- Location of new community cases*: Auckland (75), Waikato (11), Bay of Plenty (5), Lakes (1), Nelson-Tasman (1), Canterbury (2)*
- Number of community cases (total): 9,552 (in current community outbreak)
- Number of active cases (total): 6,630
- Confirmed cases (total): 12,347
- Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 7045
Contacts
- Number of active contacts being managed (total): Today’s figures unavailable
- Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements): Today’s figures unavailable
- Percentage who have returned at least one result: Today’s figures unavailable
Tests
- Number of tests total (last 24 hours): 27,577
- Tests rolling average (last 7 days): 27,645
- Auckland tests total (last 24 hours): 12,521
Wastewater
- Wastewater detections: No unexpected results to report
NZ COVID Tracer
- Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday: 3,156,394
- Manual diary entries in 24 hours to midday: 41,806
My Vaccine Pass
- My vaccine pass downloads total: 4,061,416
- My vaccine pass downloads (last 24 hours): 60,514
*A case reported yesterday in Canterbury is officially added to today’s case numbers.
Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5 December | Ireland | TBC | Day 3 / routine | Auckland |
Two deaths overnight
The Ministry of Health is saddened to report the deaths in hospital of two people overnight who had COVID-19.
