The Ministry of Health reported three people died with Covid-19 in the Whanganui region today. Photo / Bevan Conley
Three people in the Whanganui region have died with Covid-19, according the latest Ministry of Health update.
Overall, there have been 34 deaths with Covid-19 in the Whanganui region.
The Ministry reported 146 new community cases of Covid-19 in the Whanganui region.
17 people were in Whanganui Hospital with Covid-19.
Nationally, there were 10,320 new community cases of Covid-19 reported by the Ministry.
Throughout the country, there were 744 people with Covid-19 in hospital, 17 of which were in intensive care.
34 people were reported to have died with Covid-19 by the Ministry.
That figure includes all cases of the virus who have died with 28 days of being reported as having Covid-19.
'We do our best but we are in extremely difficult times.'