Canterbury records highest number of new Covid cases

There were 1294 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday - and 31 further deaths attributed to the virus.

Of the new cases, 795 were reinfections.

There were 115 people in hospital, with none in intensive care.

The highest number of new cases was in Canterbury (216) and Waitematā (215) followed by Auckland (143).

The previous week there were 1693 new cases with 28 more deaths attributed to the virus.

There were 102 cases admitted to hospital.

Total cases by location (updated 2pm August 26)

Location	Active	Recovered	Deceased	Total	New cases in the last week
Auckland	143	255815	301	256259	143
Bay of Plenty	48	118965	207	119220	48
Canterbury	215	358987	597	359799	216
Capital and Coast	81	193711	197	193989	81
Counties Manukau	106	301706	346	302158	106
Hawke's Bay	20	88666	182	88868	20
Hutt Valley	56	94585	106	94747	56
Lakes	19	52744	118	52881	19
Mid Central	33	100256	229	100518	33
Nelson Marlborough	33	83160	179	83372	33
Northland	63	84312	169	84544	63
South Canterbury	16	35942	52	36010	16
Southern	104	198373	423	198900	113
Tairāwhiti	9	27461	50	27520	9
Taranaki	27	67962	143	68132	27
Unknown	1	2393	9	2403	1
Waikato	70	216041	448	216559	70
Wairarapa	18	26799	72	26889	18
Waitematā	215	321594	448	322257	215
West Coast	0	16327	23	16350	NA
Whanganui	7	35759	80	35846	7
At the Border*	0	4129	5	4134	NA
Total	1284	2685687	4384	2691355	1294