There are 204 new Covid-19 cases in the community on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health has announced.
The cases are in Northland (8), Auckland (135), Waikato (35), Lakes (2), Bay of Plenty (11),Taranaki (1), Palmerston North (2) Wellington (3), Hutt Valley (3), Nelson Marlborough (1) and Canterbury (3).
Sixteen people are in hospital with the virus. No one is in an intensive care or high dependency unit.
The ministry said Northland's eight new cases were in Kerikeri (5) and Whangārei.
They remain under investigation to determine any possible links to previously confirmed cases.
Of Waikato's 35 new cases, 21 had been linked to previous cases. The remaining 14 are under investigation.
Waikato's cases are in Hamilton (22), Cambridge (5), Ōhaupō (2), Taupiri (1) and Morrinsville (1). The locations of the remaining four are being confirmed.
The two new cases in the Lakes DHB area are in Rotorua and Taupō. Both have links to previously reported cases.
Eight of the Bay of Plenty's 11 cases are linked to previously reported cases. The remaining three are still under investigation.
The ministry said the cases are in Tauranga and the wider Western Bay of Plenty.
The new case in Taranaki is in New Plymouth. Any links to existing cases continue to be investigated.
The two new cases in Palmerston North are household contacts of existing cases.
The three cases in Wellington are in Porirua. Public health staff are investigating any potential links to previously confirmed cases.
The three cases in the Hutt Valley are household contacts of existing cases.
Nelson Marlborough's new case is linked to a previously reported case.
The ministry said one of Canterbury's three cases had registered a former Christchurch address but currently lives in Auckland. They are being supported by public health staff in Auckland.
The other two cases are based in Christchurch and are still being investigated for links to previous cases.
Forty-six cases in MIQ were also announced on Wednesday.
Twenty-two of the cases had arrived in the country between January 28 and February 7 and they all tested positive for Covid-19 between day 0 and 9.
Full travel history was still to be obtained for three of the cases.
They had travelled from India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Pakistan, the UK, Australia, Fiji, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, France, the US and the Philippines.
Details weren't provided by the ministry on 24 of the border cases.
On Tuesday there were 202 new community cases in New Zealand.
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