Whanganui has reported its first Covid-19 case in the current Delta outbreak

The city's District Health Board says a person travelled to Whanganui from Waikato and is now in self-isolation.

Whanganui DHB has had just nine cases of the virus, all in March and April of last year.

But the region's had several close shaves since the beginning of this outbreak, including a case visiting a Bulls petrol station in August.

In September, a truck driver with Covid-19 visited a number of spots along State Highway One in the Rangitikei, en route to Palmerston North.