There are 8638 new community cases of Covid-19 over the past two days, and 24 more people have died with the virus. There were no figures from the Ministry of Health yesterday, as the country was celebrating its first Matariki public holiday. Of the deaths reported today, 23 were recorded in June and one in May. They take the pandemic total to 1455, and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12. There are 723 new cases in the Southern DHB area over the past two days, and there are 17 people in southern hospitals with the virus.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 25, 2022 01:40 UTC