There are 98 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, with cases in Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, Nelson Tasman and Canterbury.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 73 cases in hospital, including seven people in intensive care.
Yesterday the number of new community cases in New Zealand dropped to 92, the first time it was in double digits in more than a month.
Auckland also had its first day out of lockdown in almost four months yesterday, as the average rate of vaccinations across the city's three DHBs reached 90 percent.
The Auckland Metro DHB (which includes Auckland, Waitemata and Counties-Manukau) has today reached the milestone of 90% of its Pacific population having had their first vaccination, with 82 percent now fully vaccinated.
This is closely followed by the Auckland DHBs eligible Maori population, who as of earlier today, had less than 20 doses to go before hitting 90% for first vaccinations. This milestone is expected to be reached later today – with 81 percent of its eligible Maori population also now fully vaccinated.