There were three people being treated at Whanganui Hospital for Covid-19 on Monday, the Whanganui DHB said. Photo / Moana Ellis
There were 249 new cases of Covid-19 in the Whanganui area, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday.
The Whanganui DHB said there were five people in hospital with Covid-19 and three of them were being treated for the virus.
The other two are in hospital for other medical reasons.
The seven-day rolling average for the Whanganui area has been 329 cases per day.
The ministry reported 10,205 community cases of Covid-19 across the country on Monday, with 734 people in hospital with the virus.
Nine more people died with Covid-19, the ministry said, taking the total number of deaths in New Zealand in relation to the virus to 405.
The seven-day rolling average of case numbers continues to decline, the ministry said.
Today's seven-day rolling average is 13,218, while the seven-day rolling average of cases as at last Monday was 16,102.
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