There are 8531 new Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand and 11 deaths over the past 14 days, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.
The new cases were found in Northland (479), Auckland (1,456), Waikato (744), Bay of Plenty (408), Lakes (165), Hawke’s Bay (356), MidCentral (425), Whanganui (206), Taranaki (312), Tairāwhiti (80), Wairarapa (79), Capital and Coast (572), Hutt Valley (365), Nelson Marlborough (313), Canterbury (1,343), South Canterbury (162), Southern (991), and West Coast (72) through PCR and rapid antigen tests. Three people's locations were unknown.
There are 635 people in hospital with the virus, including 18 in an intensive care or high dependency unit.
The 11 deaths of people with Covid-19 reported include people who have died over the past 14 days.
The Ministry of Health explained that delays to reporting can be associated with people dying with Covid-19, rather than from the virus, and Covid-19 only being discovered after they have died.
Saturday's reported deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 477.
The seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 14.
Of the people whose deaths are reported on Saturday, four people were from the Auckland region, one from Waikato, one from the Lakes DHB area, one from Hawke’s Bay, one from Whanganui, two from the Wellington region and one from Canterbury.
Four were aged in their 60s, four in their 80s, and three over 90. Five were female and six were male.
The ministry says case numbers are continuing to decline, along with the seven-day rolling average.
The seven-day average is 10,843, compared with 13,804 last Saturday.
On Friday, 9906 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths in the past 15 days were announced by the ministry.
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