Covid-19: 216 new Hawke's Bay cases
Hawke's Bay has 216 new cases of Covid-19, and 17 people in hospital.
Apart from Hawke's Bay, the locations of today's 7061 new cases are Northland: (205), Auckland (2413), Waikato (551), Bay of Plenty (249), Lakes (121), MidCentral (234), Whanganui (93), Taranaki (194), Tairāwhiti (57), Wairarapa (74), Capital and Coast (509), Hutt Valley (177), Nelson Marlborough (223), Canterbury (1005), South Canterbury (117), Southern (568) and the West Coast (52).
Of the five deaths reported today, three people were from the Southern region, one person was from Auckland and one person was from the Bay of Plenty.
One person was in their 50s, one person was in their 70s, and three were aged over 90.
The total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 978 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 17.
There are 415 people in hospital with the virus, including 11 in intensive care.
The patients in hospital are in Northland (nine), Waitematā (49), Counties Manukau (49), Auckland (87), Waikato (30), Bay of Plenty (10), Lakes (four), Hawke's Bay (17), Taranaki (14), Whanganui (one), MidCentral (21), Wairarapa (one), Hutt Valley (seven), Capital and Coast (19), Nelson Marlborough (eight), Canterbury (60), South Canterbury (five), West Coast (one) and the Southern (23) region.
The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers is 7702, while last Monday it was 7479.
