In New Zealand, Covid cases are now falling, wastewater levels 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 22 ,2025. (Wastewater data is only available up to Jun 8 and hospital admissions data to Jun 15, 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