There are 5535 new community cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand to report on Sunday, the Ministry of Health has revealed.
A further 14 deaths have been recorded, taking the country's total number of publicly reported deaths to 1990.
As of Sunday, 720 people are currently in hospital with the virus, 21 of whom are in intensive care or high dependency units.
The seven-day rolling average of community cases is 8563.
Below is the full Ministry of Health COVID-19 update for Sunday, July 24:
5535 community cases; 720 hospitalisations; 21 in ICU; 14 deaths
Today we are reporting 5535 community cases, 720 current hospitalisations and 14 deaths.
The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 8563.
Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of 14 people with COVID-19. All these deaths occurred in the past 4 days.
COVID-19 hospitalisations
COVID-19 cases in hospital: total number 720: Northland: 18; Waitematā: 96; Counties Manukau: 63; Auckland: 82; Waikato: 60; Bay of Plenty: 40; Lakes: 11; Hawke's Bay: 32; MidCentral: 40; Whanganui: 13; Taranaki: 16; Tairawhiti: 2; Wairarapa: 6; Capital & Coast/Hutt: 61; Nelson Marlborough: 11; Canterbury/West Coast: 132; South Canterbury: 13; Southern: 24.
Weekly COVID-19 hospitalisations - 7 day rolling average: 762 (This time last week 737)
Average age of current COVID-19 hospitalisations: 66
Cases in ICU or HDU: 21
Vaccination status of new admissions to hospital*: Unvaccinated or not eligible (57 cases); partially immunised <7 days from second dose or have only received one dose (4 cases); double vaccinated at least 7 days before being reported as a case (63 cases); received booster at least 7 days before being reported as a case (413 cases).
*These are new hospital admissions in the past seven days prior to Saturday who had COVID at the time of admission or while in hospital, excluding hospitalisations that were admitted and discharged within 24 hours. This data is from Districts with tertiary hospitals: Auckland, Canterbury, Southern, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Capital & Coast, Waitemata and Northland.
COVID-19 vaccinations administered
Vaccines administered to date: 4,029,088 first doses; 3,981,846 second doses; 33,918 third primary doses; 2,701,156 first booster doses: 248,989 second booster doses: 265,699 paediatric first doses and 143,593 paediatric second doses
Vaccines administered on Saturday: 24 first doses; 33 second doses; 4 third primary doses; 817 first booster doses; 5476 second booster doses; 77 paediatric first doses and 497 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): 2835
Number of Rapid Antigen Tests reported total (last 24 hours): 10,072
PCR tests rolling average (last 7 days): 3436
Number of Rapid Antigen Tests dispatched (last seven days as of 21 July 2022): 4.5 million.
COVID-19 cases
Total number of new community cases: 5535
Number of new cases that have recently travelled overseas: 318
Seven day rolling average of community cases: 8563
Seven-day rolling average of community cases (as at same day last week): 9847
Number of active cases (total): 59,905 (cases identified in the past seven days and not yet classified as recovered)
Confirmed cases (total): 1,551,939
Location of new community cases by district over past 24 hours.
You can also view a detailed breakdown of daily case numbers for each district since the beginning of the pandemic by clicking the 'download' button on the right hand side of this page: New Zealand COVID-19 data.
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 World Health Organization.
COVID-19 deaths
Today's reported deaths take the total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 to 1990 and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 24
Of the people whose deaths we are reporting today, three were from Auckland region, three were from Waikato, four were from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, one was from MidCentral, one was from Wellington region and one was from Southern
Six were in their 80s and eight were aged over 90. Of these people, 11 were women and three were men.
This is a very sad time for whānau and friends and our thoughts and condolences are with them. Out of respect, we will be making no further comment on these.
