A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
The Covid-attributed deaths of two Tairāwhiti residents has lifted the region’s official tally to 44.
Figures from Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora, on cases reported last week, show there are 66 active cases in Tairāwhiti.
Total Tairāwhiti cases number 26,252 since the pandemic broke out in March 2020.
The latest Tairāwhiti
deaths were among 36 recorded across New Zealand last week.
The other Covid-attributed deaths by region were two from Northland, 14 from Auckland, three from Waikato, one each from Rotorua-Taupō, Taranaki, Palmerston North and Wellington, five from Canterbury, one from West Coast, and five from Otago-Southland.
