The Ministry of Health is reporting 4,404 new community cases of Covid-19, 356 current hospitalisations, and 11 deaths. Three people are in ICU.

There are 177 new community cases in the Bay of Plenty District Health Board region, and 72 in the Lakes DHB region. There are 16 people in Bay of Plenty hospitals and one in Lakes hospitals.

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 5,154 – last Saturday it was 5,914.

Covid-19 deaths

'Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of 11 people with Covid-19. All of these deaths occurred in the past three days,” says a Ministry of Health spokesperson.

Today's reported deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 1,401 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 13.

'Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today; 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.”

One person was in their 40s; one was in their 50s; five were in their 70s; one was in their 80s; and three were aged over 90. Of these people, four were women and seven 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.”

Vaccinations administered in New Zealand

• Vaccines administered to date: 4,028,163 first doses; 3,980,328 second doses; 32,771 third primary doses; 2,672,759 booster doses: 263,661 paediatric first doses and 129,415 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 24 first doses; 42 second doses; 41 third primary doses; 901 booster doses; 45 paediatric first doses and 427 paediatric second doses

People vaccinated

• All ethnicities (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 4,054,272 first dose (96.3%); 4,005,716 second dose (95.2%), 2,650,965 boosted (of the 18+ population) (72.8% of those eligible)
• Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 521,558 first dose (91.3%); 504,849 second dose (88.4%), 238,906 boosted (of the 18+ population) (55.8% of those eligible)
• Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 282,239 first dose (98.5%); 277,480 second dose (96.8%), 143,521 boosted (of the 18+ population) (59.6% of those eligible)
• 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (all ethnicities): 12,158 boosted (12.3% of those eligible)
• 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (Māori): 1,138 boosted (6% of those eligible)
• 16 to 17 year old booster uptake (Pacific Peoples): 687 boosted (6.9% of those eligible)
• 5 to 11-year-olds all ethnicities: 260,305 first dose (54.7%); 126,059 second dose (26.5%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Māori: 41,100 first dose (35.6%); 14,737 second dose (12.8%)
• 5 to 11-year-olds - Pacific Peoples: 23,759 first dose (48.1%); 7,947 second dose (16.1%)

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 (98%); boosted (69%)
• Auckland DHB: first dose (99.1%); second dose (98.1%); boosted (75.3%)
• Counties Manukau DHB: first dose (96.2%); second dose (95%); boosted (68.4%)
• 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 (67.3%)
• Whanganui DHB: first dose (91.8%); second dose (90.3%); boosted (72.6%)
• Hawke's Bay DHB: first dose (97.4%); second dose (95.8%); boosted (71.1%)
• Taranaki DHB: first dose (94.6%); second dose (93.3%); boosted (69.4%)
• Wairarapa DHB: first dose (96.4%); second dose (95%); 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 (76.5%)
• 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.

Hospitalisations

• Cases in hospital: total number 356: Northland: 9; Waitematā: 42; Counties Manukau: 41; Auckland: 67; Waikato: 24; Bay of Plenty: 16; Lakes: 1; Tairāwhiti: 2; Hawke's Bay: 7; Taranaki: 12; Whanganui: 2; MidCentral: 29; Wairarapa: 2; Hutt Valley: 27; Capital and Coast: 14; Nelson Marlborough: 6; Canterbury: 29; South Canterbury: 3; West Coast: 0; Southern: 23.
• Average age of current hospitalisations: 59
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 3
• *Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital: Unvaccinated or not eligible (35 cases / 15.6%); 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: 5,154
• Seven day rolling average (as at same day last week): 5,914
• Number of new community cases: 4,404
• Number of new community cases (PCR): 185
• Number of new community cases (RAT): 4,219
• Location of new community cases (PCR & RAT): Northland (126), Auckland (1,318), 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), West Coast (30), Unknown (1)
• Number of new imported cases: 50
• Number of active community cases (total): 36,061 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 1,263,333

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): 3,634
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 10,179
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,427
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 17 June 2022): 1.2 million (Please note: this number is not updated over the weekend).