Twenty-seven people have now died from Covid-19 in New Zealand, with the death of a woman in North Shore Hospital last night. See how the rest of the day's Covid-19 news developed with RNZ's live blog.
A Covid-19 victim passed away in North Shore Hospital last night Photo: rafaelbenari/123RF
There were 20 new community cases of Covid-19 reported today, down from 28 yesterday.
But there was also one more death, with a woman in her 90s passing away last night.
The Ministry of Health said the woman had a number of underlying health conditions, which meant it was not clinically appropriate for her to receive ventilator or ICU care.
There are now 43 cases in Auckland's hospitals, with seven in ICU.
See how the rest of the day's Covid-19 news developed with RNZ's live blog:
