35 new community cases, 3 in ICU – MOH

The Ministry of Health official COVID numbers for 7 January 2022.

Hospitalisations:

• Cases in hospital: 37; North Shore: 4; Auckland: 14; Middlemore: 13, Tauranga: 5; Waikato: 1
• Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region wards only): Unvaccinated or not eligible (11 cases / 37.9%); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (7 cases / 24.1%); fully vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (10 cases / 34.5%); 1 unknown (3.4%).
• Average age of current hospitalisations: 53
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 3 (2 in Middlemore and 1 in Tauranga).

Cases:

• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 32
• Number of new community cases: 35
• Number of new cases identified at the border: 24
• Location of new community cases: Auckland (18), Waikato (1), Bay of Plenty (13), Lakes (3)
• Number of community cases (total): 11,022 (in current community outbreak)
• Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 8,315
• Number of active cases (total): 1,068 (cases identified in the past 21 days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 14,150

COVID test numbers in New Zealand are provided by way of PCR test.