Covid-19 Omicron update: One death in Whanganui region, 54 new community cases
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Save The Ministry of Health reported one person in Whanganui died with Covid-19 today. Photo / Bevan Conley
Another person in the Whanganui area has died with Covid-19, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday.
The ministry said they were one of two males in their 80s who died with Covid-19. The other person was from the Wairarapa region.
It brings the total number of deaths of people
with Covid-19 in the Whanganui District Health Board region to 17.
The ministry also reported 54 new community cases of Covid-19 in the Whanganui region.
Nationally, the ministry reported a total of 6407 cases, with 368 people in hospital.
