Covid-19: 168 new Hawke's Bay cases
Hawke's Bay has 168 new Covid-19 cases, and 13 people in hospital.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 6,380 community cases, 508 hospitalisations and four deaths.
Today’s seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 8,085 – last Tuesday it was 7,585.
"Although this is an increase from last week, the number of reported community cases is expected to continue to fluctuate day to day and the overall trend remains a reduction in reported cases," the Ministry said.
The deaths being reported today include people who have died over the previous two days.
These deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 to 687 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12.
Of the four new deaths, two people were from Taranaki and two were from Canterbury.
Two were in their 70s and two were over 90. Two were women and two were men.
