Hawke's Bay has 700 new cases of Covid, with 21 in hospital
Nationally there were 21,015 new community cases of Covid-19, and a record 845 people in hospital including 16 in intensive care or high dependency units.
Today, the Novavax vaccine is available for New Zealanders to book after a shipment of 250,000 arrived.
It is available to those over the age of 18. It requires two doses, with a three-week gap and it has not been approved as a booster dose.
Meanwhile director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said a challenge some parents were having was reporting RAT results for their children. He acknowledged some of those who had been calling the 0800 number had experiencing delays
