Today, The Ministry of Health is reporting 6440 community Covid cases and 704 current hospitalisations.

Of today's numbers, the ministry is reporting 476 reinfections in the last 24 hours.

In the Bay of Plenty, 271 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours.

There are currently 1867 active cases and 83 deaths recorded in the region.

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 6355 – last Wednesday it was 8111, the ministry says in its daily update.

"There are now a total of 1589 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 now 22."

Total cases by location

Covid-19 hospitalisations

• Covid-19 Cases in hospital: total number 704: Northland: 13; Waitematā: 69; Counties Manukau: 66; Auckland: 88; Waikato: 97; Bay of Plenty: 24; Lakes: 12; Hawke's Bay: 30; MidCentral: 32; Whanganui: 8; Taranaki: 22; Tairawhiti: 3; Wairarapa: 6; Capital & Coast: 25; Hutt Valley: 10; Nelson Marlborough: 18; Canterbury: 118; West Coast: 6; South Canterbury: 21; Southern: 36.
• Weekly Covid-19 Hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 772 (This time last week it was 782)
• Average age of current Covid-19 hospitalisations: 65
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 11
• Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (54 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: 4,029,296 first doses; 3,982,129 second doses; 34,034 third primary doses; 2,707,593 first booster doses: 335,795 second booster doses: 266,068 paediatric first doses and 145,341 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 26 first doses; 25 second doses; 27 third primary doses; 584 first booster doses; 10,778 second booster doses; 16 paediatric first doses and 124 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): 3,858
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 12,836
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 4,043
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 2 August 2022): 1.9 million

Covid-19 cases

• Total number of new community cases: 6440
• Number of new cases that have recently travelled overseas: 270
• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 6355
• Seven day rolling average of community cases (as at same day last week): 8111
• Number of active cases (total): 44,462 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 1,622,657
• 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 1,589 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, says the ministry.

"In the past seven days there have been an average of 22 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.