There was another Covid-19-related death announced in the Lakes District Health Board today, one of 11 others throughout New Zealand.
The Ministry of Health revealed 12 additional deaths in a statement at 1pm. They take the total number of publically reported deaths to 489 and the seven-day average to 13.
There were also 6718 new community cases nationwide and 604 hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of case numbers continues to decline, with today's at 10,543 compared to 13,543 last Sunday.
In the Lakes health board, seven people with the virus are in hospital. There were also 112 new local cases.
In the neighbouring Bay of Plenty health board, 30 people were in hospital and there were 300 new cases.