Coronavirus: New Zealand has 125 confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in the community

New Zealand has 125 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, reports the Ministry of Health.

Of today's new cases, 117 are in Auckland, while six are in Northland and two are in Waikato - taking the total number of cases in Waikato to 165 (72 of whom have recovered).

Today a total of 1,872 cases are now reported as having recovered from Covid-19.

That brings the total number of active cases in the community to 2,794 (the total number of cases in this outbreak is now 4,666).

There are still 27 cases in Northland (six of whom have recovered) and four active cases in Christchurch.

There are 79 people in hospital, including nine patients in intensive care.

Auckland, Northland and parts of Waikato (Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Ngaruawahia, Hamilton city, Huntly, Te Kuiti, Waipa, Ōtorohanga, Te Awamutu, Karapiro and Cambridge) are currently at alert level 3.

Waikato has seen an easing of restrictions as it moved to level 3 step 2 last Tuesday night.

Auckland will "step down" at 11.59pm tonight.

The rest of the country is at alert level 2.

Previously, the Prime Minister revealed New Zealand will move into a new way of managing Covid-19 when District Health Boards have 90 per cent of their eligible populations vaccinated.

The traffic light system will use vaccine certificates to allow complying businesses to continue to operate at all times - and proposes to end nationwide lockdowns.

New Zealand has had 7,414 confirmed cases since the pandemic began last year and 32 deaths.