The Ministry of Health is today reporting 3140 new community cases of Covid-19 and 373 current hospitalisations. There are six people in ICU, and 17 deaths.

"Of the 17 people whose deaths we are reporting today: five were from Auckland region, three were from Waikato, two were from Bay of Plenty, two were from Hawke's Bay, one was from Whanganui, two were from Nelson Marlborough, one was from Canterbury, one was from Southern," says a Ministry of Health spokesperson.

Two were in their 60s, six were in their 70s, six were in their 80s and three were aged over 90. Of these people, seven were women and ten were men.

There are 118 new community cases in Bay of Plenty and 64 in Lakes.

The number of new cases that have recently travelled overseas is 147.

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 3303 – last Wednesday it was 3975.

The seven-day rolling average of hospitalisations today is 436 – last Wednesday it was 541.

There are now a total of 1845 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 seven.

Covid-19 Hospitalisations

• Covid-19 cases in hospital: total number 373: Northland: 6; Waitematā: 52; Counties Manukau: 25; Auckland: 54; Waikato: 62; Bay of Plenty: 16; Lakes: 11; Hawke's Bay: 17; MidCentral: 20; Whanganui: 2; Taranaki: 10; Tairawhiti: 0; Wairarapa: 8; Capital & Coast: 14; Hutt Valley: 18; Nelson Marlborough: 7; Canterbury: 40; West Coast: 1; South Canterbury: 3; Southern: 7.
• Weekly Covid-19 Hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 436 (This time last week 541)
• Average age of current Covid-19 hospitalisations: 63
• Cases in ICU or HDU: 6
• Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (42 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: 4,029,694 first doses; 3,982,659 second doses; 34,056 third primary doses; 2,717,901 first booster doses: 472,092 second booster doses: 266,682 paediatric first doses and 147,731 paediatric second doses
• Vaccines administered yesterday: 20 first doses; 25 second doses; 10 third primary doses; 434 first booster doses; 6,577 second booster doses; 29 paediatric first doses and 88 paediatric second doses

Tests

• Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 3,600
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 8,592
• PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3,196
• Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 23 August 2022): 900,000

Covid-19 Cases

• Total number of new community cases: 3140
• Number of new cases that have recently travelled overseas: 147
• Seven day rolling average of community cases: 3303
• Seven day rolling average of community cases (as at same day last week): ,975
• Number of active cases (total): 23,110 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
• Confirmed cases (total): 1,709,511
• 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 1,845 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-19related mortality in New Zealand.

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

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.