Auckland's hospitals are under pressure and preparing for more with the highest rate of Covid-19 hospitalisation of any of the country's outbreaks.
There are 34 patients in hospital - just under 7 percent of all people with Covid-19. Most of them are in Middlemore -17 infact - and Auckland City Hospital has 13.
Staff are getting anxious - especially when they look across at New South Wales.
Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.