There have been 105 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the past two days, with two further deaths also reported, the Ministry of Health says.

There was no statement from the Ministry yesterday because it was New Year's Day.

In today's statement it said there were 43 people in hospital, including five in intensive care.

It said there were no new Omicron cases in the community, with two more identified at the border.

At its last update on Friday there were 49 new community cases in New Zealand but none were the Omicron variant.

On Thursday a British DJ, Robert Etheridge, who goes by the name DJ Dimension, became New Zealand's first Omicron community case.

The same day it was also announced that an Air New Zealand crew member was infectious with Omicron.

All the close contacts of both people who had been tested had returned negative results although eight close contacts of the DJ had yet to be reached by New Year's Eve.