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Covid toll at 1733

There were 4126 new reported community cases of Covid-19 in Aoteaora yesterday, the Ministry of Health says.

There are 16 people in intensive care and 549 hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers is 4581, down from 5812 on Friday last week.

There were now a total of 1733 deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid-19, the ministry said. These were deaths in which Covid-19 was either the underlying cause of death or a contributing factor. In the past seven days, there have been an average of 12 deaths confirmed each day as attributable to Covid-19.

The seven-day rolling average of hospitalisations is 609, down from 721 on Friday last week.

The average age of those in hospital is 62.

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