Whilst recent Covid wastewater levels in New Zealand have risen significantly, cases and admissions only increased slightly.

Reported Covid cases, levels in wastewater sampling, and hospital admissions in New Zealand by week: Jan 7, 2024 to May 25 ,2025

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Cases and admissions are from the COVID-19 Trends and Insights dashboard and wastewater data from https://github.com/ESR-NZ/covid_in_wastewater/blob/main/data/ww_national.csv

Chart: Bob Hawkins Source: New Zealand COVID-19 Trends and Insights Get the data Created with Datawrapper