There are 273 new community cases of Covid 19 in Hawke's Bay on Wednesday. Photo NZME
It was another record day for community cases of Covid 19 in Hawke's Bay with 273 on Wednesday.
The previous record number of new cases in a day for Hawke's Bay was 168 on Tuesday.
The latest vaccination rates in the Hawke's Bay DHB area according to the Ministry of Health are 97.2 per cent first dose, 95.2 per cent have their second dose and 71.1 per cent have their booster.
One person is in hospital.
Meanwhile there are now 76 active Covid cases in the Tararua district.
MidCentral DHB reported 367 new cases in the region.
There are now 1332 active cases in the MidCentral rohe, with two people in hospital.
Nationwide there are 22,152 new cases and 405 hospitalisations, 10 of those in intensive care.
Hawke's Bay DHB is moving its Hastings Covid 19 testing centre from Splash Planet on Grove Rd to Hawke's Bay Showgrounds from Thursday onwards.
The Hawke's Bay Showgrounds testing site would be open 10am to 2pm daily.
Covid-19 senior responsible officer Chris Mckenna said more space was required in Hastings as the drive-in was shared alongside vaccinations.
She said drive-in testing centres in Napier and Hastings had distributed about 2000 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits daily.
"There is a steady supply of RAT kits on order and [we] will be providing these at drive-in testing centres to anyone with cold or flu symptoms, no matter how mild, or to anyone who has been identified as a household contact of a positive case."
She said people should not request RAT kits from community collection sites, such as selected pharmacies listed on the Healthpoint website, unless they were critical workers or household contacts of a positive case.
Options for those going to a testing centre include a supervised test on site or collect and go testing.
HBDHB advises that anyone testing positive for Covid-19 using a RAT needs to record their result in My Covid Record, as well as advise their employer.
They said those who are unable to access My Covid Record should call 0800-222-478 to register their positive result and receive advice.
Paunovic moved to Havelock North with her family from Croatia seven years ago.