Today we are reporting 7,061 community cases, 415 hospitalisations and 5 deaths. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers is 7,702 – last Monday it was 7,479.
For guidance if you or someone you know tests positive or becomes a household contact, visit the Ministry of Health website.
COVID-19 deaths Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of five people with COVID-19. These deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 to 978 and the 7-day rolling average of reported deaths is 17.
Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today; three people were from the Southern region; one was from Auckland and one was from Bay of Plenty.