Update on COVID-19 cases — 26 December 2021

Eighty percent of Māori are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This follows 454,492 of eligible Māori now having received their second dose.

Both Waikato and Hawkes Bay have now reached 90% fully vaccinated. In Waikato 320,537 eligible people have now had their second dose and in the Hawke’s Bay 130,771 are now double-dosed.

Update on today’s COVID-19 cases | health.govt.nz (external link)

Vaccinations

• Vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people):
  • 3,971,765 first doses (94%)
  • 3,834,830 second doses (91%)
  • 27,948 third primary doses
  • 273,640 booster doses.
• Māori (percentage of eligible people):
  • 498,975 first doses (87%)
  • 454,492 second doses (80%)
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people):
  • 269,184 first doses (94%)
  • 255,887 second doses (89%)

Hospitalisations

• Cases in hospital: 47:
  • 5 in North Shore
  • 14 in Auckland
  • 22 in Middlemore
  • 2 in Waikato
  • 4 in Tauranga

Cases

• Number of new community cases: 126 over two days
• Number of new cases identified at the border: 10 over two days
• Number of new Omicron cases identified at the border: 7 new over two days, taking total to 45
• Location of new community cases over two days:
  • Auckland (88)
  • Waikato (17)
  • Bay of Plenty (6)
  • Lakes (13)
  • Taranaki (1)
  • Northland (1)
• Number of community cases (current community outbreak total): 10,619