Tuesday’s cases take the total number of active Covid-19 cases in New Zealand to 56,571. Today’s seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 8085, up from last Tuesday’s 7585. LIBBY WILSON/Stuff Omicron XE variant has been detected in Aotearoa for the first time in someone who recently travelled overseas. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that the Omicron XE variant has been detected in Aotearoa for the first time, in someone who recently travelled overseas. The person with the Omicron XE variant arrived from an undisclosed country on April 19 and tested positive the next day.

Source: Stuff April 26, 2022 07:12 UTC