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Cases of Covid-19 have risen slightly since last week, as health officials declared a whooping cough epidemic.
There have been 1675 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday, and six further deaths attributed to the virus.
There were 83 cases in hospital; it is not known how many of those were in intensive care.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases was 239 per day.
The latest figures come as Health NZ director of public health Dr Nicholas Jones said a number of countries were reporting record levels of pertussis (whooping cough), possibly due to lower infection rates during the Covid-19 pandemic.
As in previous epidemics, Māori and Pacific pēpi would be most affected, he said.
Last week Te Whatu Ora reported 1411 new cases and four further deaths.
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