Latest figures show 153 with Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Tairāwhiti has 153 cases of Covid-19, according to the latest figures released by Te Whatu Ora.

Total Tairāwhiti cases “recoded” since the  Covid epidemic began in 2020 number 24,820 and include 35 deaths.

All Te Whatu Ora data on Covid relates to cases recorded prior to midnight on Monday.

There are 4610 active cases in the country.

Total deaths number 3229 and there have been 2,441,517 cases in all.

Of the 25 deaths reported on Monday, eight were from Auckland, three from Waikato, three from Bay of Plenty, two from Lakes (Rotorua), two from Hawke’s Bay, one from Taranaki, one was from Manawatu-Horowhenua, one from Nelson-Marlborough, one from Canterbury, one from South Canterbury,  and two were from Otago-Southland.

One was in their 40s, one was in their 50s, four were in their 60s, eight were in their 70s, six were in their 80s and five were aged over 90.

Of these people, 13 were women and 12 were men.