Nine new Covid-19 related deaths have been reported in New Zealand today, three of whom were from the Bay of Plenty, the Ministry of Health revealed.
It takes the total number of publically reported Covid deaths to 175 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths to nine.
Of the nine who died, three were from Bay of Plenty, one from Capital and Coast, four from Auckland and one from Waikato.
"Two of these people were in their 50s, two in their 70s, four in their 80s and one in their 90s. Eight were male and one was female," the ministry said.
In the Bay of Plenty District Health Board, 29 people with the virus are in hospital. In the Lakes DHB there are eight in hospital.