There are five new cases in Northland today and one person is in hospital .
The tally is now 23 which includes 12 active and 11 recovered cases.
Four of the new cases are linked to known cases and public health interviews with the fifth are yet to be completed, as at 12pm today.
The Ministry of Health are also reporting the first Covid-19 related hospitalisation in Northland linked in the current outbreak.
The patient is in Whangārei Hospital.