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There are 18,423 new Covid cases today and 11 new deaths to report with 913 people in hospital. Twenty-eight people are in intensive care units. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said today’s deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 221 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths to 10. Of the 11 COVID LATEST• Omicron outbreak: Infected baby hospitalised after two negative test results• Riot police move in on Parliament protest during late-night tensions• All Black Joeli Vidiri died in wife’s arms after catching Covid on wedding trip• School closes for two weeks with an Omicron case in almost every class New Zealand currently has one of the highest R values for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made an 11th hour appeal to New Zealand’s 213,000-odd unvaccinated teens and adults: “please reconsider”. According to the Herald’s Vaccine Tracker, around 5.1 per cent of the eligible population over 12 – or some 213,230 people – haven’t received a single vaccine dose. In Omicron outbreaks around the world, the unvaccinated have made up aCovid-19 Omicron outbreak: Today’s case numbers revealed as hospitals continue to grapple with staff shortages
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Covid-19: PM urges NZ’s 213,000 unvaxxed to ‘please reconsider’