The Ministry of Health reported 9526 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. (file photo)
The Ministry of Health reported 8730 new community cases and 808 current hospitalisations on Wednesday.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said in a press conference case rates are trending downwards across the country.
There are now a total of 1427 deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor. The seven-day rolling average of the increase in deaths attributable to Covid-19 is 17.
On Tuesday the ministry reported 9256 new community cases and 822 current hospitalisations, including 24 in intensive care or high dependency units.
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Dr Ashley Bloomfield says there are another 10,772 community cases reported today.
Last week, the ministry announced changes to how Covid-19 deaths are reported.
Instead of reporting all people who died within 28 days of a Covid-19 infection, those who died because of the virus, or for whom Covid-19 was a contributing factor in their death, will be reported formally.
While officials will continue to report additional deaths with Covid-19 in the daily updates, the focus on reporting total Covid-19 deaths will shift to cases where deaths can be wholly or partly “attributed” to the virus.
New Zealand has been in the midst of a second wave, fuelled by the more transmissible BA.5 subvariant.
Hospitals at the top and bottom of the country have been restricting visitors due to virus transmission, and there were a record number of people with Covid-19 in hospital in Canterbury, with 155 patients hospitalised on Thursday.
The Government recently announced new measures to expand access to free rapid antigen tests (RATs), masks and Covid-19 antiviral.
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