The Ministry of Health says Covid vaccinations and testing is the best way of stopping the spread of the virus, with 174 new cases reported in Northland today.
New Covid 19 cases continue to fall in Northland, and nationally, with 174 new cases reported in the region today.
The Ministry of Health today reported 5,690 community cases, 514 hospitalisations and 10 deaths.
Of the deaths we are reporting today, one person was from the Auckland region; one from
Counties Manukau; two from Waikato; one from Hawkes Bay; one from MidCentral; one from Whanganui; one from the Wairarapa; one from Canterbury; and one from Southern.
One person was in their 40s; one was in their 60s; two were in their 70s; five were in their 80s and one person was over 90. Three were male and seven were female.
In Northland there were 174 new cases reported in the 24 hours to 9am today, with 43 people in hospital with the virus in the region.
