Covid-19: Two further Hawke's Bay deaths
Hawke's Bay has reported another two Covid-related deaths bringing the region's epidemic death toll to 14.
The Ministry of Health said there are 337 new cases in Hawke's Bay.
Nationally, there are 9,830 community cases, 473 hospitalisations and 23 deaths.
The deaths being reported today include people who have all died over the previous six days apart from one death on April 3.
"The increase in deaths reported today follows a similar pattern often seen after weekends or public holidays," the Ministry said.
"Delays to reporting can also 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 710 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 14.
Of the deaths reported today, two people were from the Auckland region, four from Bay of Plenty, three from Waikato, two from Taranaki, two from MidCentral, two from Hawke’s Bay, one from Hutt Valley, one from Capital and Coast, five from Canterbury and one from South Canterbury.
One was in their 40s, two in their 60s, seven in their 70s, seven in their 80s, and six were over 90. Seven were women and 16 were men.
