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There are 20,522 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 18 further deaths this week, the Ministry of Health has announced.
Of today's community cases, 2483 were reinfections.
The seven-day rolling average of community cases is 2926 - last Monday it was 2343.
As of midnight yesterday, there were 323 people in hospital with the virus, including eight in intensive care.
Of the deaths being reported today two were from Northland, three were from Auckland region, three were from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Wellington region, one was from Nelson Marlborough, four were from Canterbury and two were from Southern.
Two were in their 30s, one was in their 50s, two were in their 60s, one was in their 70s, six were in their 80s and six were aged over 90. Of these people, 11 were women and seven were men.
The seven-day rolling average of deaths has decreased to two.
Today's figures compare with 16,399 new cases, 41 deaths and 243 people in hospital, six of them in intensive care announced a week ago.