The number of Covid-19 cases in the Bay of Plenty rose by seven today, with one patient in Tauranga Hospital.
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield confirmed 71 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, made up of 49 confirmed and 22 probable cases.
It brings the total to 868 cases in New Zealand since the pandemic began,
One person is in an ICU.
There have been 2000 lab tests a day, a total of almost 30,000 tests conducted so far.
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According to information on the Ministry of Health website, the number of Bay of Plenty cases rose to 28, from 21 yesterday. All were in the Western region, encompassing Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty district.
The Lakes area, including Rotorua and Taupō districts, remained at 11 confirmed and probable cases.
The Eastern Bay, which recorded its first case on Wednesday, still only has one case, according to a breakdown provided by Toi Te Ora Public Health.
The Western Bay has 27 cases, Rotorua 7 and Taupō 4.
There are no clusters of more than 10 connected cases in either region.
The district health board regions with the most cases were Southern, Waikato, Auckland and Waitemata.
• Covid19.govt.nz: The Government's official Covid-19 advisory website
An advocates for locals concerned about having no supermarket welcome the news.