The Ministry of Health is today reporting 8730 new community cases of Covid-19, 808 current hospitalisations and 45 deaths.

There are 25 people in ICU. There are 38 people with Covid-19 in Bay of Plenty hospitals and 13 in Lakes hospitals.

"Of the 45 people whose deaths we are reporting today: three were from Northland, eight were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, three were from Bay of Plenty, two were from Lakes, one was from Tairawhiti, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, two were from MidCentral, three were from Whanganui, four were from Wellington region, five were from Nelson Marlborough, eight were from Canterbury, three were from Southern.

One was in their 40s, three were in their 50s, five were in their 60s, eight were in their 70s, 12 were in their 80s and 16 were aged over 90. Of these people, 25 were women and 20 were men.

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 8,111.

There are now a total of 1,427 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.

Covid-19 Hospitalisations

• Covid-19 cases in hospital: total number 808: Northland: 14; Waitematā: 114; Counties Manukau: 54; Auckland: 108; Waikato: 89; Bay of Plenty: 38; Lakes: 13; Hawke's Bay: 35; MidCentral: 51; Whanganui: 14; Taranaki: 14; Tairāwhiti: 4; Wairarapa: 11; Capital and Coast: 26; Hutt Valley: 14; Nelson Marlborough: 18; Canterbury: 137; West Coast: 1; South Canterbury: 12; Southern: 41.
• Weekly Covid-19 Hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 782 (This time last week 766)
• Average age of current Covid-19 hospitalisations: 65
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 25
• 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: 4,029,125 first doses; 3,981,924 second doses; 33,971 third primary doses; 2,703,001 first booster doses: 273,192 second booster doses: 265,790 paediatric first doses and 144,074 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 19 first doses; 35 second doses; 34 third primary doses; 767 first booster doses; 11,427 second booster doses; 21 paediatric first doses and 152 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): 4,084
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 16,393
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,436
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 25 July 2022): 1.9 million

COVID-19 Cases

• Total number of new community cases: 8,730
• Number of new cases that have recently travelled overseas: 394
• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 8,111
• Seven day rolling average of community cases (as at same day last week): 9,367
• Number of active cases (total): 56,750 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 1,577,414
• 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 1,427 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.

Information on the number of new deaths of people with Covid-19reported 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.