There are 160 new community cases today – 151 in Auckland, seven in Waikato and one each in Northland and Canterbury.
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There was no media briefing today.
In a statement the Ministry said 95 of today’s cases are still to be linked.
“The case numbers reported today are a reminder of the infectiousness of Covid-19, and particularly the Delta variant, and the importance of vaccination as the best protection. The rise in case numbers is not unexpected and is line with modelling to date.”
There were also two new cases at the border.
There were 125 new Covid-19 cases in the community reported yesterday afternoon—  118 in Auckland, four in Waikato, two in Christchurch and one in Northland, which became three later in the day.
There have now been 3205 cases in the current outbreak.
