There have been 126 cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand in the past two days, with seven Omicron cases at the border.
Of the 126 cases, 88 are in Auckland, 17 in Waikato, six in Bay of Plenty, 13 in Lakes and one each in both Northland and Taranaki.
The Taranaki case is in Eltham and the Northland case is in Hikurangi.
The seven confirmed Omicron cases means there are now 45 people with the new variant at the border.
The two cases in Gisborne announced on Thursday were not recorded on Sunday’s figures because of Tairāwhiti data reporting issues.
They will be formally added to the official tally on Monday.
Covid-19 was detected in wastewater in Te Puke and in Seaview in the Hutt Valley on December 22 and 23 respectively.
There is also a new detection in wastewater in Whangārei which follows an earlier negative result.
There are 47 cases in hospital, including seven in ICU or HDU.
Five are in North Shore Hospital, 14 in Auckland, 22 in Middlemore, two in Waikato and four in Tauranga.
There are seven cases in ICU or HDU, two in Auckland, three in Middlemore and two in Tauranga.
From the hospitalised cases (Northern Region wards only), 42.1 per cent of cases are unvaccinated or not eligible, 15.8 per cent are partially vaccinated and 42.1 per cent are fully vaccinated.
The average age of current hospitalisations is 55.
Over the past two days, there were 10 cases of Covid-10 recorded at the border.
Four of the cases arrived from Australia on December 20 and December 21 , one from India via the UAE on December 20, and two from the US, on December 14 and 24.
There was also a case from Singapore on December 21 and another Qatar via Australia on December 23.
A historic case also arrived direct from the USA on December 21.
The Ministry of Health did not clarify whether any of the seven new Omicron cases arrived in the past two days or prior to Christmas Eve.
It comes after there were 62 Covid-19 cases and one death on Christmas Eve.
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