There are 4818 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, the Ministry of Health says.
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In today's statement, the ministry said there were 571 people in hospital with the virus, including 13 people in ICU.
The average age of current hospitalisations is 62.
The seven-day rolling case average has dropped to 4750; the average at this time last week was 6142.
There is a total of 1726 deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor. The seven-day rolling average increase in total deaths attributable to Covid-19 is 12.
Yesterday, there were 5169 Covid-19 cases reported in the community.