The Ministry of Health announced an additional 17 cases of Covid-19 in the Whanganui DHB region on Thursday.
The total number of active cases was 76.
The ministry broke down the location of Thursday's cases by PCR test results and RAT (rapid antigen test) results.
Whanganui had 13 via PCR and four via RAT.
Nationally, there were 6137 new community cases, with 205 in hospital. Two people were in intensive care.