5296 community cases; 605 hospitalisations; 17 in ICU

Today we are reporting 5,296 community cases and 605 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 5,812 – last Friday it was 7618.

There are now a total of 1,624 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor.

The seven-day rolling average increase in total deaths attributable to COVID-19 is now 20. COVID-19 hospitalisations  COVID-19 Cases in hospital: total number 605: Northland: 22; Waitematā: 62; Counties Manukau: 51; Auckland: 87; Waikato: 65; Bay of Plenty: 26; Lakes: 15; Hawke’s Bay: 24; MidCentral: 24; Whanganui: 8; Taranaki: 18; Tairāwhiti: 2; Wairarapa: 3; Capital & Coast: 24; Hutt Valley: 12; Nelson Marlborough: 21; Canterbury: 90; West Coast: 5; South Canterbury: 19; Southern: 27.

Weekly COVID-19 Hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 721 (This time last week it was 796)  Average age of current COVID-19 hospitalisations: 66  Cases in ICU or HDU: 17 Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (55 cases); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (3 cases); double vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (77 cases); received booster at least 7 days before being reported as a case (346 cases).  * These are new hospital admissions in the past 7 days prior to yesterday who had COVID at the time of admission or while in hospital, excluding hospitalisations that were admitted and discharged within 24hrs.