6440 community cases; 704 hospitalisations; 11 in ICU

Today we are reporting 6,440 community cases and 704 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 6,355 – last Wednesday it was 8111.

There are now a total of 1,589 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 22. COVID-19 hospitalisations  COVID-19 Cases in hospital: total number 704: Northland: 13; Waitematā: 69; Counties Manukau: 66; Auckland: 88; Waikato: 97; Bay of Plenty: 24; Lakes: 12; Hawke’s Bay: 30; MidCentral: 32; Whanganui: 8; Taranaki: 22; Tairawhiti: 3; Wairarapa: 6; Capital & Coast: 25; Hutt Valley: 10; Nelson Marlborough: 18; Canterbury: 118; West Coast: 6; South Canterbury: 21; Southern: 36.

Weekly COVID-19 Hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 772 (This time last week it was 782)  Average age of current COVID-19 hospitalisations: 65  Cases in ICU or HDU: 11 Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (54 cases); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (3 cases); double vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (65 cases); received booster at least 7 days before being reported as a case (331 cases).  * These are new hospital admissions in the past 7 days prior to yesterday who had COVID at the time of admission or while in hospital, excluding hospitalisations that were admitted and discharged within 24hrs.