Today the Ministry of Health is are reporting 5435 community cases, 377 current hospitalisations, and 15 deaths.

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 5451 – last Thursday, it was 6059.

In the Bay of Plenty, there are 171 new community cases being reported along with 17 hospitalisations.

The Lakes district is reporting 77 new cases and one hospitalisation.

"Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of 15 people with Covid-19. Twelve of these deaths occurred this month and three deaths were in April and May 2022," says a spokesperson for the MOH.

"Today's reported deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 1374 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12."

Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today; three people were from Northland, five were from the Auckland region, one from Taranaki, one from MidCentral, one from the Wellington region, one from Canterbury, one from South Canterbury and two from Southern.

Two were in their 30s; one was in their 50s; one was in their 60s; three were in their 70s; six were in their 80s; and two were aged over 90. Of these people, seven were women and eight were men.

"This is a very sad time for whānau and friends and our thoughts and condolences are with them. Out of respect, we will be making no further comment on these deaths."

Hospitalisations

• Cases in hospital: total number 377: Northland: 7; Waitematā: 44; Counties Manukau: 31; Auckland: 72; Waikato: 27; Bay of Plenty: 17; Lakes: 1; Tairāwhiti: 2; Hawke's Bay: 4; Taranaki: 9; Whanganui: 2; MidCentral: 33; Wairarapa: 2; Hutt Valley: 28; Capital and Coast: 22; Nelson Marlborough: 9; Canterbury: 44; South Canterbury: 4; West Coast: 0; Southern: 19.
• Average age of current hospitalisations (Northern Region): 59
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 6
• *Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital: Unvaccinated or not eligible (30 cases / 13%); partially immunised

*Please note: We are now using data from DHBs with tertiary hospitals. These are Auckland, Canterbury, Southern, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Capital & Coast, Waitemata and Northland. Previously we only used the vaccination status of patients in Northern Region hospitals.

Cases

• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 5,451
• Seven day rolling average (as at same day last week): 6,059
• Number of new community cases:5,435
• Number of new community cases (PCR): 191
• Number of new community cases (RAT): 5,244
• Location of new community cases (PCR & RAT): Northland (144), Auckland (1,602), Waikato (391), Bay of Plenty (171), Lakes (77), Hawke's Bay (155), MidCentral (219), Whanganui (75), Taranaki (159), Tairāwhiti (40), Wairarapa (47), Capital and Coast (463), Hutt Valley (220), Nelson Marlborough (226), Canterbury (819), South Canterbury (88), Southern (492), West Coast (44), Unknown (3)
• Number of new imported cases: 107
• Number of active community cases (total): 38,138 (cases identified in the past 7 days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 1,253,854.

Please note, the Ministry of Health's daily reported cases may differ slightly from those reported at a DHB 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.

Tests

• Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 4,247
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 11,919
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,493
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last 7 days as of 16 June 2022): 1.3 million

Vaccinations administered in New Zealand

• Vaccines administered to date: 4,028,096 first doses; 3,980,245 second doses; 32,691 third primary doses; 2,670,958 booster doses: 263,589 paediatric first doses and 128,705 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 38 first doses; 47 second doses; 75 third primary doses; 870 booster doses; 21 paediatric first doses and 292 paediatric second doses

People vaccinated  

• All ethnicities (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 4,054,210 first dose (96.3%); 4,005,644 second dose (95.2%), 2,649,522 boosted (of the 18+ population) (72.8% of those eligible)
• Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 521,511 first dose (91.3%); 504,788 second dose (88.4%), 238,613 boosted (of the 18+ population) (55.8% of those eligible)
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 282,215 first dose (98.4%); 277,449 second dose (96.8%), 143,331 boosted (of the 18+ population) (59.6% of those eligible)
• 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (all ethnicities): 12,034 boosted (12.3% of those eligible)
• 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (Māori): 1,122 boosted (6% of those eligible)
• 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (Pacific Peoples): 678 boosted (6.8% of those eligible)
• 5 to 11-year-olds all ethnicities: 260,269 first dose (54.6%); 125,386 second dose (26.3%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Māori: 41,098 first dose (35.6%); 14,665 second dose (12.7%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Pacific Peoples: 23,756 first dose (48.1%); 7,898 second dose (16%)

Note that the number for 'People vaccinated” differs slightly from 'Vaccines administered” as it includes those that have been vaccinated overseas.

Vaccination rates for all DHBs

• Northland DHB: first dose (90%); second dose (88%); boosted (69%)
• Auckland DHB: first dose (99.1%); second dose (98.1%); boosted (75.2%)
• Counties Manukau DHB: first dose (96.2%); second dose (95%); boosted (68.3%)
• Waitemata DHB: first dose (96.5%); second dose (95.6%); boosted (73.2%)
• Waikato DHB: first dose (95%); second dose (93.6%); boosted (68.2%)
• Bay of Plenty DHB: first dose (95.1%); second dose (93.4%); boosted (67.1%)
• Lakes DHB: first dose (92.9%); second dose (91.2%); boosted (67.3%)
• MidCentral DHB: first dose (96.3%); second dose (95.1%); boosted (73.5%)
• Tairāwhiti DHB: first dose (92.7%); second dose (90.6%); boosted (67.2%)
• Whanganui DHB: first dose (91.8%); second dose (90.3%); boosted (72.6%)
• Hawke's Bay DHB: first dose (97.3%); second dose (95.8%); boosted (71%)
• Taranaki DHB: first dose (94.6%); second dose (93.3%); boosted (69.3%)
• Wairarapa DHB: first dose (96.4%); second dose (94.9%); boosted (74.3%)
• Capital & Coast DHB: first dose (98.4%); second dose (97.7%); boosted (81.2%)
• Hutt Valley DHB: first dose (96.5%); second dose (95.6%); boosted (76.4%)
• Nelson Marlborough DHB: first dose (96.4%); second dose (95.2%); boosted (74.8%)
• West Coast DHB: first dose (92.5%); second dose (91.1%); boosted (72.3%)
• Canterbury DHB: first dose (99.8%); second dose (98.9%); boosted (75.9%)
• South Canterbury DHB: first dose (94.5%); second dose (93.5%); boosted (75.5%)
• Southern DHB: first dose (98.5%); second dose (97.5%); boosted (74.6%)

*Partially and second doses percentages are for those 12+. Boosted percentages are for 18+ who have become eligible 3 months after having their second dose or 16 and 17 year olds who have become eligible 6 months after having their second dose.