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What you need to know / Kia mōhio mai koe:
- There are 49 community Covid-19 cases today, all in Auckland.
- Northland will move to alert level 3 from midnight tonight.
- 42 cases are now in hospital, including six in intensive care.
- Seven of the cases reported on Thursday were infectious while in the community.
- Nearly 200,000 new vaccine bookings were made on Thursday.
- 3.5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccines have been administered in New Zealand.
- Everywhere south of Auckland is in alert level 3. Auckland remains in a level 4.
- Here’s all the latest locations of interest linked to the outbreak.
- Here’s where you can get a test across the country.
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3 hours ago
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3 hours ago
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4 hours ago
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