Today we are reporting 5,296 community cases and 605 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 5,812 – last Friday it was 7618.
There are now a total of 1,624 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor.
The seven-day rolling average increase in total deaths attributable to COVID-19 is now 20. COVID-19 hospitalisations COVID-19 Cases in hospital: total number 605: Northland: 22; Waitematā: 62; Counties Manukau: 51; Auckland: 87; Waikato: 65; Bay of Plenty: 26; Lakes: 15; Hawke’s Bay: 24; MidCentral: 24; Whanganui: 8; Taranaki: 18; Tairāwhiti: 2; Wairarapa: 3; Capital & Coast: 24; Hutt Valley: 12; Nelson Marlborough: 21; Canterbury: 90; West Coast: 5; South Canterbury: 19; Southern: 27.