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Covid update May 8: 5,647 new cases, 3 deaths

A case of the BA.5 variant has been discovered at Aotearoa's border for the first time.

Covid update May 7: 6,745 new cases, 15 in ICU.

There are 339 people in hospital, and 12 deaths being reported.

Covid update April 24: 5662 new cases, 9 deaths

There are 490 people currently in hospital, with 20 of those in ICU.

Covid update April 23: 7,930 cases, 19 deaths

Of the 494 people in hospital, 15 are in ICU.

Covid update April 10: 6,718 new cases, 604 in hospital

Of the hospitalisations, 22 are in ICU. There are 12 deaths reported today.

Covid update April 9: 8,531 new cases, 11 deaths

There are 635 people in hospital, with 18 in ICU.

Covid update March 29: 17,148 new cases, 842 hospitalisations

There are 26 people in ICU. 34 people with the virus have died in the past 10 days.

Covid update March 28: 12,882 community cases, 861 hospitalisations

There are 11 Covid deaths today. They are in Auckland, Waikato, MidCentral and Nelson Marlborough.

Covid update March 27: 10,239 cases, 4 deaths

There are 848 people in hospital, with 28 of those people in ICU.

Covid update March 26: 14,175 cases, 20 deaths

There are 841 people in hospital, with 27 of those in ICU.

Covid update March 20: 12,020 community cases

There are updates on testing requirements for some flights coming in from Samoa.

Covid update March 19: 18,514 new cases

There are 939 people in hospital, with 24 in ICU. Ten people have unfortunately died.

Covid update March 6: 15,161 cases

618 people are in hospital. There has been one death reported today.

Covid update March 5: 18,833 new community cases, 10 in ICU

There are 597 in hospital, and five new deaths to report today.

Auckland woman takes her manager to Human Rights tribunal over period stigma

“There are consequences for diminishing women.”

Covid update Feb 24: 6137 new community cases

There are 205 people in hospital, and one person has died.

Why it's taking so long to get your Covid-19 test result

But good news: Rapid Antigen Tests are available from today.

Covid update Feb 20: 2522 new community cases

Rapid antigen tests will be made available to certain people on Monday.

Covid update Feb 19: 1901 new cases today

More than 2.1 million boosters have been given nationally.

Covid update Feb 18: 1,929 new community cases

Of the new cases, 1384 are in Auckland.

Covid parties or isolation: Flatters share personal pandemic plans as cases rise

We asked flatters to share their Personal Pandemic Plan, or as we like to call it, a ‘PPP’.