The Ministry of Health is reporting 4400 new community cases of Covid-19, and eight more deaths with the disease. The number is down significantly on yesterday's 6291 new cases, and is the lowest total in 102 days. Of the deaths today, two were from the Auckland region, two were from Hawke’s Bay, one was from Taranaki, two were from Canterbury and one was from Nelson-Marlborough. The deaths take the pandemic total to 1229, and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12. There are 376 new cases in the Southern DHB area, and 22 people in hospital with the virus, down from 29 yesterday.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 05, 2022 03:16 UTC