Eleven deaths have also been reported, including one in Canterbury.
There were 9906 new community cases reported yesterday and in an update the Ministry of Health said in a statement that today's seven-day average is 10,843, compared to last week's 13,804.
The 11 new deaths include four people aged in their 60s, four in their 80s, and three over 90. Five were female and six were male.
Four people were from the Auckland region, one from Waikato, one from the Lakes DHB area, one from Hawke's Bay, one from Whanganui, two from the Wellington region and one from Canterbury.
The deaths reported today include people who have died over the past 14 days and take the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid to 477.
Ten new deaths were reported yesterday - including a person aged between 10 and 19.
Today's new cases by DHB: Northland (479), Auckland (1456), Waikato (744), Bay of Plenty (408), Lakes (165), Hawke's Bay (356), MidCentral (425), Whanganui (206), Taranaki (312), Tairāwhiti (80), Wairarapa (79), Capital and Coast (572), Hutt Valley (365), Nelson Marlborough (313), Canterbury (1343), South Canterbury (162), Southern (991) and West Coast (72).
Meanwhile, there have also been 26 new cases recorded at the border.
51 in Canterbury hospitals
The number of people in hospital has dropped from 654 yesterday to 635 today and include 51 in Canterbury hospitals.
Cases in hospital: Northland: 26; Waitemata: 96; Counties Manukau: 113; Auckland: 104; Waikato: 77; Bay of Plenty: 27; Lakes: 9; Tairāwhiti: 4; Hawke’s Bay: 15; Taranaki: 11; Whanganui: 9; MidCentral: 24; Wairarapa: 2; Hutt Valley: 15; Capital and Coast: 16; Nelson Marlborough: 11; Canterbury: 45; South Canterbury: 6; West Coast: 1; Southern: 24
Eighteen people are in intensive care or a high dependency unit today.
Please note, the Ministry of Health’s daily reported cases may differ slightly from those reported at a DHB or local public health unit level. This is because of different reporting cut off times and the assignment of cases between regions, for example when a case is tested outside their usual region of residence. Total numbers will always be the formal daily case tally as reported to the WHO.
- RNZ and ODT Online
