There were 55 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, a slight increase from Saturday's two-month low in numbers.
Aside from the daily case numbers, you may have missed the details of the Ministry of Health's latest update.
Here's a breakdown of Sunday's case numbers and data.
Locations of cases
Of Sunday's 55 new cases, 41 are in Auckland, seven in Taranaki, four in Waikato, and three in Bay of Plenty.
Auckland
The exact location of Auckland's cases is not reported by the Ministry of Health.
There are 1928 people isolating at home, including 530 cases.
Waikato
Of Waikato's four new cases, three are in Te Kūiti and one is in Tokoroa.
Three of the cases have been linked to the outbreak and one is under investigation.
Two people are receiving care at Waikato Hospital.
There are 63 people isolating at home.
Bay of Plenty
All three of the Bay of Plenty's new infections are in Tauranga and all are contacts of previous cases.
Taranaki
Of Taranaki's seven new cases, four are linked to the Eltham cluster and two to the New Plymouth Case. One case will be officially transferred to Auckland's case numbers as they reside there for work purposes but have a permanent Taranaki address.
Omicron MIQ cases
There are a further five cases of Omicron that have been detected in international arrivals, bringing New Zealand's total number of cases with the variant to 13. All of these have been found in MIQ.
Of these five new Omicron cases, four remain in managed isolation and one has recovered and has been released.
The recovered case arrived from London via Singapore on December 7. This case tested positive on their day 0/1 testing and was closely managed in MIQ, the Ministry of Health says. They were never in the community while infectious.
As an added precaution, 30 other passengers on their flight are regarded as close contacts. So far, 27 of these passengers have completed day nine tests and returned negative results and testing is underway for the remaining three.
Vaccination rates by DHBs with active cases
Northland:
- First doses - 88 percent of eligible people
- Second doses - 83 percent.
Auckland metro DHBs:
- First doses - 96 percent
- Second doses - 93 percent.
Waikato:
- First doses - 93 percent
- Second doses - 89 percent.
Bay of Plenty:
- First doses - 93 percent
- Second doses - 87 percent.
Lakes:
- First doses - 91 percent
- Second doses - 86 percent.
Taranaki:
- First doses - 93 percent
- Second doses - 87 percent.
Whanganui:
- First doses - 90 percent
- Second doses - 85 percent.
Hawke's Bay:
- First doses - 94 percent
- Second doses - 88 percent.
Nelson-Marlborough:
- First doses - 94 percent
- Second doses - 90 percent.
Canterbury:
- First doses - 98 percent
- Second doses - 94 percent.
Vaccination rates across New Zealand
Vaccines administered to date:
- 3,963,513 first doses - 94 percent of eligible people
- 3,798,165 second doses - 90 percent
- 24,549 third primary doses
- 212,905 booster doses.
Vaccines administered on Saturday:
- 1728 first doses
- 6630 second doses
- 191 third primary doses
- 6916 booster doses.
Total Māori vaccine rate:
- 495,993 first doses - 87 percent
- 442,500 second doses - 77 percent.
Total Pasifika vaccine rate:
- 268,296 first doses - 94 percent
- Second doses 252,451 - 88 percent.
DHBs still to reach 90 percent fully vaccinated milestone
Northland:
- First doses: 88 percent of eligible people vaccinated, 3123 remaining to 90 percent first doses
- Second doses: 83 percent, 12,004 remaining.
Waikato:
- First doses: 93 percent
- Second doses: 89 percent, 4346 remaining.
Lakes:
- First doses: 91 percent
- Second doses: 86 percent, 4165 remaining.
Bay of Plenty:
- First doses: 93 percent
- Second doses: 87 percent, 6080 remaining.
Tairāwhiti:
- First doses: 90 percent
- Second doses: 83 percent, 2804 remaining.
Taranaki:
- First doses: 93 percent
- Second doses: 87 percent, 2593 remaining.
Hawke's Bay:
- First doses: 94 percent
- Second doses: 88 percent, 2335 remaining.
MidCentral:
- First doses: 95 percent
- Second doses: 90 percent, 133 remaining (the Ministry of Health rounds to the nearest whole number).
Whanganui:
- First doses: 90 percent
- Second doses: 85 percent, 3028 percent.
Nelson-Marlborough:
- First doses: 94 percent
- Second doses: 90 percent, 622 remaining.
West Coast:
- First doses: 91 percent
- Second doses: 86 percent, 1243 remaining.
South Canterbury:
- First doses: 93 percent
- Second doses: 89 percent, 317 remaining.
Remaining DHBs that are more than 90 percent fully vaccinated:
- Waitematā: 92 percent fully vaccinated
- Auckland: 95 percent
- Counties Manukau: 91 percent
- Capital and Coast: 94 percent
- Hutt Valley: 91 percent
- Wairarapa: 90 percent
- Canterbury: 94 percent
- Southern: 92 percent.
Hospitalisations
There are 56 COVID-positive people in hospital. Of these, 26 are in Auckland City, 15 in Middlemore, 10 in North Shore, three in Tauranga, and two in Waikato.
Six people are in an intensive care or high dependency unit - two each in Auckland City and Middlemore, and one each in North Shore and Waikato.
The average age of hospitalised patients is 53.
The vaccination status of current hospitalisations - which includes Northern Region wards only - is:
- Unvaccinated or not eligible - 25 cases or 53 percent
- Partially immunised and it's less than seven days after second dose or has only received one dose - six cases or 13 percent
- Fully vaccinated at least seven days before being reported as a case - 12 cases or 26 percent
- Unknown - four cases or 9 percent.
