There have been 3693 new community cases and 35 deaths of people with the virus announced today.
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In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were also 402 people in hospital, including six in ICU.
The seven-day rolling average of hospitalisations today is 453 - last Tuesday, it was 556.
And the seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 3496 - last Tuesday, it was 4073.
On the deaths being reported today, six were from Northland, six were from Auckland region, two were from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Lakes, one was from Tairawhiti, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, one was from MidCentral, one was from Wellington region, two were from Nelson Marlborough, nine were from Canterbury, one was from West Coast, one was from South Canterbury and one was from Southern.
Four were in their 60s, 10 were in their 70s, 13 were in their 80s and eight were aged over 90. Of these people, 18 were women and 17 were men.
There are now a total of 1841 deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor.
The ministry said in the past seven days there have been an average of eight deaths confirmed each day as being attributable to Covid-19.
There were also 139 new Covid-19 cases at the border.
Yesterday, the ministry announced 2706 new community cases and nine deaths, with 432 people in hospital, including nine in ICU.
