8 Jan 2024

Covid-19 update: 6558 new cases, 355 in hospital

2:39 pm on 8 January 2024
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There have been 6558 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand in the last week according to Ministry of Health figures.

Of the new cases, 3999 were reinfections.

There were 355 people in hospital and six were in intensive care as of midnight on Sunday.

There were no deaths this week as a result of the virus - the overall total of deaths attributed to Covid-19 was 3645.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases was 936 per day.

Meanwhile, about 30 scouts at a jamboree in Hamilton have tested positive for Covid-19.

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