The ministry is also reporting 514 are in hospital with the virus, 18 in ICU and 5690 new cases in the community. READ MORE:* Covid-19: 5662 new community cases, nine deaths and 490 in hospital* Covid-19: Has NZ's Omicron wave led to more deaths than usual? There are now 58,458 active community cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand to 887,205. On Sunday, the ministry reported that nine people had died with Covid-19, 490 were in hospital and a further 5662 new community cases detected. Figures for Sunday showed the number of new community cases, averaged over the last seven days, was 8435, up on the previous Sunday's figure of 8170.

Source: Stuff April 25, 2022 06:38 UTC