Photo / Sandra ConchieA total of 21,685 new Covid cases have been reported in the past week. More than a third of the cases (8609) were reinfections, the Ministry of Health said in today’s weekly update. Canterbury reported the highest number of cases in the past week (2696), followed by Counties Manukau (2537) and then Waitematā (2468). The Auckland region reported 2110 new cases. According to data on the Ministry of Health’s website, 40 per cent (886) of the daily cases reported on Sunday were reinfections.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 09, 2023 01:59 UTC