Covid-19: 191 new Hawke's Bay cases
Hawke's Bay has 191 new Covid-19 cases, and nine people in hospital.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the region's cases are among 7043 community cases nationwide.
Today's cases were reported in the Northland (200), Auckland (1989), Waikato (435), Bay of Plenty (266), Lakes (122), Hawke's Bay (191), MidCentral (273), Whanganui (89), Taranaki (193), Tairāwhiti (75), Wairarapa (70), Capital and Coast (436), Hutt Valley (193), Nelson Marlborough (287), Canterbury (1203), South Canterbury (152), Southern (782) and West Coast (85) DHBs.
There were also 76 cases identified at the border.
The seven deaths being reported today are for people who have died over the previous three days and include three women and four men. One was in their 60s, three in their 70s, two in their 80s, and one was over 90.
One person was from Northland, one from the Auckland region, one from Waikato, one from MidCentral, two from Canterbury, and one from Southern.
The total number of publicly reported deaths of people with Covid-19 is now 744.
