There are another 2244 new community cases of the virus, the Ministry of Health says.
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In its daily update, the ministry said in a statement there were also 288 people in hospital, including two in ICU - the lowest since February.
The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 2122 - last Wednesday it was 3303.
The seven-day rolling average of hospitalisations today is 326 - last Wednesday it was 436.
The ministry is also reporting another 17 people with Covid-19 have died. Of the deaths, two were from the Auckland region, three were from Waikato, one was from Hawke's Bay, one from Taranaki, one from Whanganui, three were from the Wellington region, four were from Canterbury, one was from West Coast and one was from Southern.
One was in their 50s, two were in their 70s, two were in their 80s and 12 were aged over 90. Of these people, nine were women and eight were men.
The ministry said there were now a total of 1893 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 seven.
Yesterday, there were 2464 cases and 11 further deaths.
