Yesterday there were 12,882 community cases of Covid-19 reported and 861 people were in hospital, including 21 in intensive care. Details were available for nine of yesterday's 11 deaths: two people were from the Auckland region, five were from Waikato, and one each from MidCentral and Nelson Marlborough. Meanwhile, like those in the North Island, schools in the South Island are continuing to grapple with Covid-19 cases. Seventy-four per cent of the 231 schools in the Otago/Southland region and 72 per cent of the 127 schools in the Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast region are also affected. Of yesterday's reported cases, 2300 were in Auckland.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 28, 2022 23:54 UTC