National Covid 19 Update 23/02/22
There are 3297 new Covid-19 cases to report in the Omicron outbreak.
The cases were in Northland (40), Auckland (1729), Waikato (297), Bay of Plenty (157), Lakes (54), Hawke’s Bay (18), MidCentral (56), Whanganui (5), Taranaki (30), Tairāwhiti (16), Wairarapa (16), Capital & Coast (123), Hutt Valley (28), Nelson Marlborough (85), Canterbury (176), South Canterbury (seven), Southern (455), West Coast (three).
There were 179 people in hospital with Covid on Wednesday, including one in an intensive care or high dependency unit, the Ministry of Health reported.