There are 19 further deaths, and 7423 new community cases of Covid-19, the Ministry of Health says.
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In a statement, the ministry said there were 411 people in hospital, including six in ICU.
Of the deaths being reported today, the ministry said two were from Northland, three were from the Auckland region, three were from Waikato; one was from Bay of Plenty; one was from Hawke's Bay; two were from the Wellington region; one was from Nelson-Marlborough; four were from Canterbury; and two were from Southern.
Two people were in their 50s, three were in their 60s, one was in their 70s, six were in their 80s and seven were aged over 90.
That takes the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 1522 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 13.
The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 6114.
There were also 206 new cases at the border.
The government has also just announced that New Zealand will stay at the orange traffic light setting.
The country moved from red to orange in April.
Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said the country needed to remain at this setting as Covid-19 case numbers were starting to "creep up".
"Moving back to Red is unnecessary at the moment. We can continue to manage the virus at Orange, but are putting in place a range of additional measures to help manage a recent rise in cases," Dr Verrall said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson is the latest MP to catch Covid-19. He said he had fairly mild symptoms and would remain acting prime minister for now.
