In New Zealand, Covid cases and hospital admissions are now falling and wastewater levels have plateaued.

Reported Covid cases, levels in wastewater sampling, and hospital admissions in New Zealand by week: Jan 7, 2024 to Jul 6 ,2025. (Hospital admissions data is only available up to Jun 29, 2025).

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Wastewater Covid Levels are measured by gene copies detected per day per person.

Chart: Bob HawkinsSource: New Zealand COVID-19 Data (github)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper