wellington new zealand reported 43 new community cases of covid19 on saturday the ministry of health said in a statementamong the 43 new community infections 19 are in the largest city of auckland eight in nelson marlborough six in the lakes region six in hawkes bay and four in waikatoin addition the country recorded 41 new imported cases of covid19 at the border said the ministryan auckland airport worker who tested positive on thursday has been confirmed by the ministry on saturday as the omicron variant after genome sequencingthere are eight covid19 patients in new zealand hospitals but no covid19 patient was at the intensive care unitthe country has recorded 15104 cases of covid19 since the beginning of the pandemic including 11466 cases from the latest delta variant community outbreak