Photo: Getty ImagesThere are 505 new community cases of Covid-19 to report in the South today and one death. In a statement this afternoon, the Ministry of Health said nationally 8 people had died, there were 7461 new community cases and 662 people in hospital, including 13 in intensive care or a high-dependency unit. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 9000, compared with 6895 this time last week. There are 8 new deaths recorded which all occurred in the last two days, taking the total number of deaths with Covid to 1671. We know there will also be increased demand for primary and community care services as Covid-19 cases increase," a ministry statement said.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 10, 2022 02:49 UTC