There are 9830 new community cases of Covid-19 and a further 23 people have died with the virus.
There are 473 people in hospital, including 17 in intensiv
People in the capital and at the top of the South are leading the charge in getting their booster shots in the fight against Omicron, with 75% of eligible people from the both Capital & Coast and Nelson-Marlborough DHBs having now had their booster