One further Covid-related death in Hawke's Bay, 270 cases
Hawke's Bay has recorded a further Covid-related death and 270 new cases.
Nationally, the Ministry of Health reported 7800 new community cases of Covid-19 and another 17 deaths.
In today's statement, the Ministry of Health said the seven-day rolling average of community case numbers had now risen to 8032, compared to 7548 last Friday.
There are 401 people with Covid-19 in hospital, with 14 in ICU.
One person whose death was reported today was aged in their 50s, one was in their 60s, four were in their 70s, five were in their 80s and six were over 90.
Three were from the Auckland region, three were from the Wellington region, two were from Northland, two were from Canterbury, two were from the Southern region, and one each from Waikato, Tairāwhiti, Mid Central, Hawke's Bay, and Nelson Marlborough.
Today's community cases were reported in the Northland (211), Auckland (2755), Waikato (531), Bay of Plenty (270), Lakes (123), Hawke's Bay (270), MidCentral (237), Whanganui (76), Taranaki (231), Tairāwhiti (58), Wairarapa (61), Capital and Coast (530), Hutt Valley (224), Nelson Marlborough (264), Canterbury (1165), South Canterbury (116), Southern (591) and West Coast (84) DHBs.
There are currently 56,200 active community cases in New Zealand. Meanwhile, there were also 99 cases detected at the border today.
