There are 135 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, with cases in Auckland, Waikato and Canterbury.

In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 76 cases in hospital, including seven cases in ICU OR HDU.

The average age of current hospitalisations is 48.

The ministry said of today's new cases 84 are yet to be linked.

There are 125 new cases in Auckland today, eight in Waikato and two in Canterbury (first announced yesterday).

A total of 7501 active contacts are being managed by the ministry.

There were no unexpected wastewater detections.

Vaccine update

There were 11,931 vaccines administered yesterday, 2711 first doses and 6757 second doses.

The ministry said there have now been more than 3.7 million My Vaccine Passes issued, including more than 82,000 on Sunday.

"The first weekend with My Vaccine Passes in use went smoothly, with no major issues reported."

The ministry has been emailing temporary exemptions to those waiting for individual assistance to obtain their My Vaccine Pass.

By the end of last week, 65,497 temporary exemptions had been granted.

There are still about 11,000 people whose email address or contact details were not clear, and we are working through this to provide them exemptions, it said.

About 7.73 million vaccine doses - including first, second, third primary and booster - have been administered.

Of the eligible Māori population, 84 percent has had the first and 72 percent the second.

And 92 percent of the eligible Pasifika population has had the first dose, and 84 percent the second.