18 Jun 2022

Covid-19 update: 11 further deaths, 4404 community cases reported in New Zealand today

1:18 pm on 18 June 2022

There have been another 11 deaths of people with Covid-19 reported in New Zealand, with a further 4404 community cases also recorded.

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The death toll of people who have passed away with Covid-19 has topped the 1400-mark, with 1401 deaths now recorded.

In today's statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 356 people in hospital, down from 370 yesterday, with three in ICU.

One of the 11 deaths reported today was a person in their 40s, as well as one person in their 50s; five in their 70s; one in their 80s; and three aged over 90. Four were women and seven were men.

Three were from the Auckland region, one was from Tairāwhiti; one was from Lakes; two were from the Wellington region; two were from Canterbury; one was from West Coast; and one was from Southern.

Today's new community cases were reported in the Northland (126), Auckland (1318), Waikato (287), Bay of Plenty (177), Lakes (72), Hawke's Bay (101), MidCentral (155), Whanganui (42), Taranaki (123), Tairāwhiti (46), Wairarapa (42), Capital and Coast (396), Hutt Valley (172), Nelson Marlborough (191), Canterbury (654), South Canterbury (60), Southern (411) and West Coast (30) DHBs.

Fifty new cases of the coronavirus were also recorded at the border today.

There were 16 deaths and 4869 community cases reported yesterday.

There have now been 1,263,333 cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand.

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