27/02/2022
Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: 13,606 community cases of Covid; 263 in hospital; 5 in ICU
There were 13,606 new community cases of Covid-19 announced in New Zealand today.
There were five people in intensive care units and 263 people in hospital, the Ministry of Health said.
The new cases included 9262 in Auckland, 218 in Northland, 1154 in Waikato, 690 in Bay of Plenty, 185 in the Lakes DHB area, 106 in Hawke's Bay, 123 in MidCentral, 28 in Whanganui, 52 in Taranaki, 48 in the Tairāwhiti DHB, 18 in Wairarapa, 413 in Capital and Coast, 130 in Hutt Valley, 176 in Nelson Marlborough, 469 in Canterbury, 20 in South Canterbury, 505 in Southern, and three in the West Coast.