Covid-19: Hawke's Bay has 362 new cases
Hawke's Bay has 362 new cases, and 15 people in hospital.
The region's cases are among 10,294 new cases nationwide, 514 hospitalisations and 18 deaths, the Ministry of Health has reported.
In a statement, the MoH said the seven-day rolling average of case numbers continues to decline.
Today's seven-day rolling average is 7,935, while the seven-day rolling average of cases as of last Thursday was 8,990.
"It’s really important people continue to follow public health advice to stay at home; away from school or work if you’re feeling unwell. Another way to protect you and your whanau is to get vaccinated if you haven’t already done so.
"Vaccination remains our best defence against Covid-19 and getting boosted is an important way people can protect themselves, their whānau and their friends from the virus. Please if you are due for a vaccination, whether it be a second shot or booster, make an appointment today," the MoH said.
The deaths being reported today include people who have died over the past seven days.
The MoH said delays to reporting can be associated with people dying with Covid-19, rather than from Covid-19, and Covid being discovered only after they have died.
These deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 633 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12.
Of the people whose deaths have been reported today, one person was from Northland, three from the Auckland region, four from Waikato, one from Lakes, three from Bay of Plenty, two from MidCentral and four from the Canterbury region.
Two people were in their 50s, two in their 60s, three in their 70s, seven in their 80s, and four were over 90. Ten were men and eight were women.
"Out of respect to people’s family and whānau at this difficult time, we will be making no further comment."
