The Ministry of Health is today reporting 3,302 new community cases of Covid-19, 606 current hospitalisations and 18 deaths. There are 16 people in ICU.

There are also 220 new cases from people who have recently travelled overseas. Of the 3302 new community cases, 128 are in Bay of Plenty, and 72 in Lakes.

There are 28 people in Bay of Plenty hospitals and 10 in Lakes hospitals with Covid-19.

'Of the 18 people whose deaths we are reporting today, eight were from Auckland region, one was from Lakes, one was from Tairawhiti, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, four were from Wellington region, one was from Canterbury, one was from South Canterbury,” says a Ministry of Health spokesperson.

'One was in their 50s, two were in their 60s, two were in their 70s, nine were in their 80s and four were aged over 90. Of these people, 11 were women and seven were men.”

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 5,441 – last Sunday, it was 7,183.

There are now a total of 1,638 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 14.

Covid-19 hospitalisations

• Covid-19 Cases in hospital: total number 606: Northland: 29; Waitematā: 57; Counties Manukau: 46; Auckland: 75; Waikato: 67; Bay of Plenty: 28; Lakes: 10; Hawke's Bay: 24; MidCentral: 27; Whanganui: 6; Taranaki: 22; Tairāwhiti: 3; Wairarapa: 3; Capital & Coast: 16; Hutt Valley: 15; Nelson Marlborough: 18; Canterbury: 100; West Coast: 6; South Canterbury: 23; Southern: 31.
• Weekly Covid -19 Hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 675 (This time last week it was 810)
• Average age of current Covid -19 hospitalisations: 64
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 16
• Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (56 cases); partially immunised

* 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. This data is from Districts with tertiary hospitals: Auckland, Canterbury/West Coast, Southern, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Capital & Coast/Hutt, Waitemata and Northland.

Covid-19 vaccinations administered

• Vaccines administered to date: 4,029,387 first doses; 3,982,263 second doses; 34,091 third primary doses; 2,709,977 first booster doses: 370,756 second booster doses: 266,212 paediatric first doses and 145,968 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 20 first doses; 25 second doses; 5 third primary doses; 580 first booster doses; 4,417 second booster doses; 50 paediatric first doses and 280 paediatric second doses

More detailed information, including vaccine uptake by District, is available on the Ministry's website.

Tests

• Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 2,370
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 6,610
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,104
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 4 August 2022): 1.9 million

Covid-19 cases

• Total number of new community cases: 3,302
• Number of new cases that have recently travelled overseas: 220
• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 5,441
• Seven day rolling average of community cases (as at same day last week): 7,183.
• Number of active cases (total): 38,082 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 1,642,478
• New cases by District and other more detailed case information.

Please note, the Ministry of Health's daily reported cases may differ slightly from those reported at a District or local public health unit level. This is because of different reporting cut off times and the assignment of cases between regions, for example when a case is tested outside their usual region of residence. Total numbers will always be the formal daily case tally as reported to the WHO.

Covid-19 deaths

Please note, total deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid -19 are updated Monday to Saturday. This figure will be next updated on Tuesday.

There are now a total of 1,638 deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid -19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor. This is the number that will be reported to the World Health Organization as it provides the most accurate assessment of Covid -19 related mortality in New Zealand.

In the past seven days there have been an average of 14 deaths confirmed each day as being attributable to Covid -19. This is a very sad time for whānau and friends of those who have died, and our thoughts and condolences are with them.

Information on the number of new deaths of people with Covid -19 reported to the Ministry of Health in the last 24 hours, and the seven-day rolling average, is available on the Ministry of Health website. This includes information on the age band and location of these newly reported deaths.

Covid-19 case data

These newly reported deaths have not yet been categorised as to whether they are attributable to Covid-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor or are unrelated to Covid -19. As this categorisation is made over coming days, the attributable deaths will be added to the total reported above.