Six of the community Covid-19 cases are children aged under one, Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield reported today during the 1pm Covid update.
Dr Bloomfield, alongside Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, revealed there was 49 new community cases today, the lowest daily case number in the last six days.
However, of the overall cases, 33 of them were in hospital, six of those in ICU and two on ventilators.
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the infections in babies was “sobering”. (Source: Other)
Dr Bloomfield also said it was "sobering that of the current Auckland outbreak, six are under the age of one".
"None of those younger children are in hospital, I think the youngest person in hospital is 18," he said.
"This is reaching right across the age groups. I think two thirds of these cases are aged under 34."
Ardern said today the cases of young people showed the importance of the elimination and vaccination strategy.
"There are some vulnerable young people in our communities who can't get vaccinated," Ardern said, as people aged under 12 cannot receive the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine in New Zealand.
"They get (Covid) from us. If you can get vaccinated get vaccinated on behalf of our tamariki."
Last week, Dr Bloomfield told the Health Select Committee of the first case aged under one, after questioning by National.
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