There are 89 new Covid-19 cases in the community on Wednesday - 83 in Auckland, four in Waikato and two in Christchurch - Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed.
Bloomfield gave the updated figures at the 1pm briefing alongside Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins in Wellington.
The total includes the two Christchurch cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health earlier Thursday.
The total number of cases in this Delta outbreak is now 2921 of which 1556 have recovered.
Of the 89 new cases, 50 of the cases are yet to be linked to a current case.
The Ministry of Health currently has 2952 contacts linked to this outbreak, of which 78 per cent have been contacted and 76 per cent have received at least one test.
There are currently 37 cases in hospitals; 12 in Middlemore Hospital, 167in Auckland Hospital and eight in Waitemata Hospital. Five of those cases are in ICU or HDU.
Eighty-three of these are in Auckland, with four in Waikato and two in Christchurch. (Source: Other)
On Wednesday, 25,893 tests for Covid-19 were processed throughout the country, including 12,769 from Auckland.
Auckland's testing focus continues to be on areas of high positivity rates with Bloomfield urging residents in Redvale, Rosedale, New Lynn, Wiri, Drury, Manurewa and Henderson to get tested as soon as possible if they have even very mild symptoms that might be Covid-19.
Bloomfield noted Redvale's positivity rate has lowered since the intense focus began but warned those who experience even mild symptoms to get tested.
Bloomfield added public health officials are now supporting 288 Covid-19 cases in the community to safely isolate at home.
In total there has been more than four million tests for the virus processed since the pandemic began.
On vaccinations, 39,220 doses were administered on Tuesday, made up of 10,908 first doses and 28,312 second doses.
More than 6.7 million doses have been administered in New Zealand to date.
There were also six new Covid-19 cases found at the border on Thursday as well as one historical case. Dr Bloomfield also confirmed a worker in a MIQ facility has tested positive for the virus but it was not yet known whether the case is linked to the border or the outbreak.
There were no unexpected Covid-19 detections in wastewater samples to report on Thursday with Bloomfield highlighting Christchurch's latest test returning negative on Tuesday.
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