In New Zealand, the recent rise in Covid cases and wastewater levels appears to have plateaued, but hospital admissions increased.

Reported Covid cases, levels in wastewater sampling, and hospital admissions in New Zealand by week: Jan 7, 2024 to Jun 8 ,2025. Hospital admissions data is only available up to Jun 1, 2025

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

Chart: Bob Hawkins Source: New Zealand COVID-19 Data (github) Get the data Created with Datawrapper