File photo / Mark MitchellTwenty-four people have died with Covid and there are 8638 new community cases of Covid-19. Today's announcement by the Ministry of Health includes new cases, along with deaths, for the past two days after they weren't released yesterday as the country celebrated its first Matariki public holiday. "They take the total number of publicly reported deaths with Covid-19 to 1455, and the seven-day rolling average of reported deaths is 12." The new deaths announced today take the overall publicly reported Covid-19 death toll in New Zealand since the pandemic began to 1455. Just 11 first doses, 10 second doses and 306 booster doses were administered yesterday, along with 16 paediatric first doses and 147 paediatric second doses.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 25, 2022 10:15 UTC