The Ministry of Health is today reporting 9256 new community cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and 822 current hospitalisations. There have been 38 deaths.

'Of the 38 people whose deaths we are reporting today, eight were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, two were from Bay of Plenty, five were from Lakes, one was from Tairawhiti, two were from MidCentral, two were from Whanganui, two were from Wellington region, two were from Nelson Marlborough, four were from Canterbury, one was from South Canterbury, eight were from Southern,” says a Ministry of Health spokesperson.

Three were in their 50s, one was in their 60s, five were in their 70s, 18 were in their 80s and 11 were aged over 90. Of these people, 19 were women and 19 were men.

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 8,335.

There are now a total of 1,396 deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor. The seven-day rolling average of the increase in deaths attributable to Covid-19 is now 17.

There are 41 people in Bay of Plenty hospitals with Covid-19 and 12 in Lakes hospitals.

Covid-19 Hospitalisations

• Covid-19 cases in hospital: total number 822: Northland: 19; Waitematā: 99; Counties Manukau: 60; Auckland: 89; Waikato: 100; Bay of Plenty: 41; Lakes: 12; Hawke's Bay: 35; MidCentral: 49; Whanganui: 14; Taranaki: 14; Tairāwhiti: 3; Wairarapa: 15; Capital and Coast: 28; Hutt Valley: 27; Nelson Marlborough: 14; Canterbury: 149; West Coast: 1; South Canterbury: 12; Southern: 41.
• Weekly Covid-19 Hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 772 (This time last week 764)
• Average age of current COVID-19 hospitalisations: 64
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 24
• Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (64 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, Southern, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Capital, Coast and Hutt, and Northland.

Covid-19 vaccinations administered

• Vaccines administered to date: 4,029,111 first doses; 3,981,891 second doses; 33,936 third primary doses; 2,702,185 first booster doses: 261,674 second booster doses: 265,767 paediatric first doses and 143,915 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 22 first doses; 33 second doses; 17 third primary doses; 703 first booster doses; 10,815 second booster doses; 34 paediatric first doses and 122 paediatric second doses

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

Tests

• Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 3,117
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 17,653
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,439
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 25 July 2022): 2.3 million

Covid-19 Cases

• Total number of new community cases: 9,256
• Number of new cases that have recently travelled overseas: 430
• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 8,335
• Seven day rolling average of community cases (as at same day last week): 9,534
• Number of active cases (total): 58,303 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 1,568,469
• 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

There are now a total of 1,396 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 17 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,” says a Ministry of Health spokesperson.

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.