Yesterday 12,860 paediatric doses were administered, bringing the total to 150,207. Nelson Marlborough is only five first doses short of partially vaccinating 90% of Māori.
It will be the eighth DHB area to achieve this milestone. Yesterday 46,271 booster doses were administered, bring the total to 1,257,758.
Omicron update Public health teams are continuing to manage Omicron cases in the community through rapidly isolating cases and contacts, contact tracing, and testing to slow the spread.
To date, 116 community cases of COVID-19 have either been confirmed by Whole Genome Sequencing as the Omicron variant or have been linked to a previously reported Omicron case.