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There have been 9606 cases of Covid-19 reported in the community over the past week and the seven-day rolling average of case numbers is 1369.
There were 175 people in hospital at midnight Sunday 19 September.
In addition, the Ministry of Health is reporting 74 deaths and 1108 reinfections in the past week.
"Of the 74 people whose deaths we are reporting today: four were from Northland, 20 were from Auckland region, five were from Waikato, six were from Bay of Plenty, one was from Tairawhiti, two were from Hawke's Bay, four were from Taranaki, six were from MidCentral, four were from Whanganui, two were from Wellington region, three were from Nelson Marlborough, 15 were from Canterbury, two were from Southern.
"Three were in their 20s, two were in their 30s, one was in their 40s, three were in their 50s, ten were in their 60s, 16 were in their 70s, 25 were in their 80s and 14 were aged over 90. Of these people, 33 were women and 41 were men."
Today marks the first update on case numbers and deaths since daily updates were dropped in favour of weekly ones.
The move was one of several changes made as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the end of the Covid-19 Protection Framework - also known as the traffic light system - last week.
In the final daily update on Tuesday, 13 September, 1941 new cases were announced and 241 people were in hospital, including three in ICU.
The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers that day was 1468, compared with 1719 a week earlier.
The numbers released that day also showed a decline in the seven-day rolling average of hospitalisations, which stood at 236, compared with 267 the week prior.
As of the last update, there had been 1962 deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid-19.