There are 48 people in hospital with Covid-19, including seven in intensive care or high dependency units, the Ministry of Health has announced. The Tairāwhiti case was tested in Tauranga, but has been reclassified as being in Tairāwhiti as that is where they live. READ MORE:* Covid-19 outbreak situation report: What happened today, Wednesday December 22* Covid-19: Six new Omicron cases in MIQ, 51 people in hospitalGetty Images There were 56 new community cases of Covid-19 reported on Thursday. No new cases had been reported in Wellington the past 24 hours, following a case reported in the Hutt Valley on Wednesday. The total number of cases reported in New Zealand since the pandemic began is 13,278.

Source: Stuff December 23, 2021 07:53 UTC