By RNZ.co.nz. Republished with permission

There are 43 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today – 40 in Auckland, three in Waikato.

Figures supplied by the Ministry of Health show 58 percent of people infected with Covid-19 in the latest outbreak had not been vaccinated.

Only 4 percent had received the full dose more than 14 days before being reported as a case.

Of those who ended up in hospital, 21 percent were children under 12 who are not eligible to be vaccinated; 124 people over 12 out of a total of 158 individuals had not had any vaccination.

More to come…