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There are 16,399 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 41 new deaths this week, with 1727 reinfections, the Ministry of Health has announced.
As of midnight on Monday, there were 243 people in hospital with the virus, with six in intensive care.
Of the 41 deaths, 19 were aged over 80.
One was aged between 10 and 19 years, one was in their 30s, two were in their 40s, one was in their 50s, five were in their 60s, seven were in their 70s and five were aged over 90. Sixteen were women and 25 were men.
Case numbers were up from last week 14311 new cases reported, 185 cases in hospital, and 34 deaths linked to the virus.
The seven-day rolling average has risen to 2343 from 2041 last week.