New Zealand Covid daily cases pass 100 for first time since pandemic began

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New Zealand's daily Covid-19 case numbers have gone into three figures for the first time since the pandemic began, as it recorded 102 new cases in the community on Thursday.

Thursday's cases broke Tuesday's record of 94, bringing the total in the Delta outbreak to 2,260 cases.