There are 4811 new Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has announced on Tuesday.
The cases were reported over the last 24 hours.
There are 533 people in hospital with the virus, three fewer than Monday.
Twelve people are in an intensive care or high dependency unit, one fewer than 24 hours ago.
The average age of those in hospital is 65.
The seven-day rolling average of Covid hospitalisations is 556, down on 645 a week ago, and down on 570 24 hours ago.
Twenty-one more people with the virus have died.
Of the 21 people who have died, five were aged in their 70s, eight were in their 80s and eight were aged over 90.
Eight were men and 13 were women.
Six were from the Auckland region, three each were from Lakes and Canterbury, two each were from Waikato, Hawke's Bay and Nelson Marlborough, and one each were from the Wellington region, South Canterbury and the Southern District.
There are now a total of 1782 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 13.
The seven-day rolling average of cases is 4073, down from 5120 a week ago, and down on 4230 24 hours ago.
Tuesday's positive cases, detected through rapid antigen tests (RATs) and PCR tests, are located in Northland (172), Auckland (1806), Waikato (410), Bay of Plenty (217), Lakes (91), Hawke's Bay (118), MidCentral (183), Whanganui (67), Taranaki (127), Tairāwhiti (47), Wairarapa (43), Capital and Coast (212), Hutt Valley (151), Nelson Marlborough (147), Canterbury (572), West Coast (43), South Canterbury (72) and Southern (329).
The location of four cases is unknown.
A total of 3115 PCR tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, while 11,640 RAT results were reported.
The number of active community cases is 28,500. They were identified in the past seven days but have not yet been classified as recovered.
An additional 169 people with Covid-19 had recently travelled overseas and arrived back in New Zealand, the ministry said.
On Monday, 3387 community cases were announced.
SHARE ME