Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins and Dr Ashley Bloomfield are now holding a media briefing on latest case numbers and the vaccine rollout.
There are 15 new community cases of Covid-19 in the country today, Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has revealed.
This takes the total number no 855 with 218 cases have now fully recovered.
One has been reclassified as a border case.
There is also one MIQ case today.
The number of unlinked cases is now 25, but only two of today's cases are yet to be linked.
Director general of health Ashley Bloomfield said five of the 20 cases yesterday were infectious in the community.
There are 37 cases in hospital, including six in ICU or HDU.
Hipkins says more than 4 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered - a new milestone. That means 2.6 million New Zealanders have had their first dose, including 366,000 who had their shots over the last week, he says.
Of just over 38,000 contacts, Bloomfield said 87 per cent had had a test.
There were 13,230 tests processed, with 8566 in Auckland.
"In many respects, that's the most important number," Bloomfield said of testing numbers in Auckland.
"Please if you have symptoms, do get tested."
He said people could leave their homes in Auckland to get vaccinated, but that shouldn't involve leaving the Auckland boundary for most people, such as those who live near the boundary and would normally cross it to get vaccinated.
Hipkins reminded everyone that record-keeping was now mandatory, and using QR codes was the easiest way to do that.
The onus to do this was on businesses.
"It will be hugely beneficial for us if we need to contact you."
Auckland remains at alert level 4 lockdown while the rest of the country has moved to alert level 2 today, although there are some tougher restrictions including increased mask use and compulsory scanning in response to the higher infection risk with the Delta variant.