Almost half of New Zealand's active Covid-19 cases are in the Counties Manukau District Health Board, according to the clinical director of Middlemore Hospital's emergency department Dr Vanessa Thornton.
Since Tuesday, one in every 10 people presenting at the Middlemore Hospital emergency department has tested positive for Covid-19, and that number is expected to go up.
New modelling suggests Auckland will face well over 1000 daily Omicron cases at the peak of a potential outbreak, but some are concerned the projections are underestimating the real risk.
Modelling for when Omicron hits suggests a peak of 190 Covid-19 patients in hospital on any given day, based on a prediction of about 1800 community cases a day in the city.