Covid-19: 283 new Hawke's Bay cases
Hawke's Bay has 283 new Covid-19 cases, and nine people in hospital.
The Ministry of Health said the region's cases are among 8,242 community cases, 480 hospitalisations and 14 deaths nationally.
Today’s seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 7,540 – a reduction from last Friday when it was 8,166.
"With ongoing community transmission across the motu, it is important we all remain vigilant. Please continue to follow public health advice to stay at home, away from school or work if you’re feeling unwell," the MoH said in a statement.
Of the people whose deaths were reported today, two people were from the Auckland region, one from Bay of Plenty, one from Waikato, one from Taranaki, one from Whanganui, one from MidCentral, one from the Wellington region, five from Canterbury and one from Southern.
One person was in their 50s, two in their 70s, seven in their 80s, and four were over 90.
It takes the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 737 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 13.
