Saturday February 19

There are 1,901 new cases of Covid-19 today.

Of these, 33 are in Northland, 1,240 are in Auckland, 249 in Waikato, 66 in Bay of Plenty, 11 in the Lakes District, 22 in Hawke's Bay, 12 in MidCentral, 10 in Whanganui, 10 in Taranaki, 12 in Tairāwhiti, 17 in Wairarapa, 38 in Capital and Coast, 31 in Hutt Valley, 40 in Nelson Marlborough, 40 in Canterbury, 2 in South Canterbury, 1 in West Coast, 65 in Southern DHB and 2 locations are unknown.

There are 76 people in hospital, with none of those people in intensive care or high dependency units.

The average age of people currently in hospital is 59.

96 percent of New Zealand's eligible population have had the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and 95 percent have had a second dose.

65 percent of eligible people have had their booster shot. 

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Top image: People video calling from home. Photo: Stock images/Getty Images.

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