There are 6380 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand on Tuesday and the Ministry of Health has reported another four deaths.
The latest deaths, two in their 70s and two in their 90s, included people who died in the past two days. Two of them were from Canterbury and the other two Taranaki.
It comes after 5690 infections were reported on Monday.
Tuesday's new cases bring the seven-day rolling average to 8085 - up from 7585 a week ago.
What you need to know:
- All of New Zealand is at orange COVID traffic light setting
- New Zealand recorded 6380 new community COVID cases on Tuesday.
- Four additional deaths of people with COVID-19 were reported.
- There were 508 people in hospital on Tuesday, 16 of whom were in ICU.
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1:15pm - Finally, below is the latest on testing and vaccinations:
Tests
- Number of PCR tests total (last 24 hours): 1602
- Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 12,060
- PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 2131
- Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last 7 days as of 22 April 2022): 629,000
Vaccinations administered in New Zealand
- Vaccines administered to date: 4,026,414 first doses; 3,977,466 second doses; 31,724 third primary doses; 2,622,217 booster doses: 261,004 paediatric first doses and 110,623 paediatric second doses
- Vaccines administered yesterday: 4 first doses; 10 second doses; 0 third primary doses; 182 booster doses; 17 paediatric first doses and 142 paediatric second doses
People vaccinated
- All Ethnicities (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 4,056,167 first dose (96.4%); 4,006,605 second dose (95.2%), 2,618,730 boosted (71.1% of those eligible)
- Māori (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 520,915 first dose (91.2%); 503,906 second dose (88.2%), 233,646 boosted (55% of those eligible)
- Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people aged 12+): 281,802 first dose (98.3%); 276,886 second dose (96.6%), 139,286 boosted (57.1% of those eligible)
- 5 to 11-year-olds all ethnicities: 258,381 first dose (54.2%); 108,053 second dose (22.7%)
- 5 to 11-year-olds - Māori: 40,734 first dose (35.2%); 12,246 second dose (10.6%)
- 5 to 11-year-olds - Pacific Peoples: 23,423 first dose (47.4%); 6,057 second dose (12.3%)
1:06pm - A further breakdown of the case and hospitlisation data is below:
Hospitalisations
- Cases in hospital: total number 508: Northland: 42; Waitemata: 78; Counties Manukau: 71; Auckland: 87; Waikato: 34; Bay of Plenty: 21; Lakes: 5; Tairāwhiti: 1; Hawke’s Bay: 13; Taranaki: 11; Whanganui: 5; MidCentral: 3; Wairarapa: 3; Hutt Valley: 13; Capital and Coast: 11; Nelson Marlborough: 8; Canterbury: 66; South Canterbury: 6; West Coast: 1; Southern: 29
- *Average age of current hospitalisations: 61
- Cases in ICU or HDU: 16
- Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region only, excluding Emergency Departments): Unvaccinated or not eligible (47 cases / 17.15%); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (7 cases / 2.55%); double vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (77 cases / 28.1%); Received booster at least 7 days before being reported as a case (134 cases / 48.91%); unknown (9 cases / 3.28%)
Cases
- Seven day rolling average of community cases: 8085
- Seven day rolling average (as at same day last week): 7585
- Number of new community cases: 6380
- Number of new community cases (PCR): 148
- Number of new community cases (RAT): 6232
- Location of new community cases (PCR & RAT): Northland (212), Auckland (1667), Waikato (395), Bay of Plenty (188), Lakes (113), Hawke’s Bay (168), MidCentral (222), Whanganui (71), Taranaki (184), Tairāwhiti (53), Wairarapa (77), Capital and Coast (387), Hutt Valley (203), Nelson Marlborough (233), Canterbury (1099), South Canterbury (172), Southern (864), West Coast (71), Unknown (1)
- Number of new cases identified at the border: 62
- Number of active community cases (total): 56,571 (cases identified in the past 7 days and not yet classified as recovered)
- Confirmed cases (total): 893,634
1:04pm - Below are more details on the latest COVID-19 deaths:
Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of four people with COVID-19. The deaths being reported today include people who have died over the previous two days.
These deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 to 687 and the 7-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12.
Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today, two people were from Taranaki and two were from Canterbury.
Two were in their 70s and two were over 90. Two were women and two were men.
Out of respect, we will be making no further comment.
1:02pm - The seven-day rolling average for COVID-19 cases is up on last week, the ministry says.
"Today's seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 8085 - last Tuesday it was 7585. Although this is an increase from last week, the number of reported community cases is expected to continue to fluctuate day to day and the overall trend remains a reduction in reported cases."
1pm - There are four COVID-19 deaths, 6380 cases and 508 people in hospital including 16 in intensive care, the Ministry of Health says.
12:55pm - Kia ora, good afternoon and welcome to Newshub's COVID-19 live updates for Tuesday. The latest numbers are due in about five minutes - we'll bring them to you as soon as they come to hand.
