– Today there are just under 21,000 new community cases of COVID-19 across Aotearoa with over 856 people in hospital with the virus – 20 people are in ICU or a High Dependency Unit.– There are almost 2,000 new cases recorded for the Waikato Region and 74 people are receiving care for COVID-19 throughout Waikato DHB hospitals with 2 cases in ICU or HDU.