Tuesday March 22
There are 20,907 new cases of Covid-19 today and 15 deaths.
Of these cases there are 802 in Northland, 4,291 in Auckland, 1,882 in Waikato, 1,218 in Bay of Plenty, 594 in Lakes, 1,243 in Hawke’s Bay, 954 in MidCentral, 399 in Whanganui, 636 in Taranaki, 382 in Tairāwhiti, 323 in Wairarapa, 1,377 in Capital and Coast, 808 in Hutt Valley, 683 in Nelson Marlborough, 3,488 in Canterbury, 318 South Canterbury, 1,439 in Southern, 50 in West Coast and 20 in unknown locations.
The total number of active cases is 119,131.
The Ministry of Health defines active cases as those identified in the last seven days and not yet classified as recovered.
Hospitalisations and Covid-19 related deaths
Fifteen people with Covid-19 have died, bringing the total of deaths to date to 199.
Of these 15 people who have died, nine are from the Auckland region, three from Waikato, and three from the Wellington region.
One of these people was in their 50s, three in their 60s, six in their 70s, and five were in their 80s.
Eight were men and seven were women.
The 7-day rolling average of reported deaths is 10.
There are 1,016 people in hospital, with 25 of those people in intensive care or high dependency units.
The average age of people currently in hospital is 59.
Speaking to the media today, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the latest analysis shows Covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland and cases in all three district health boards in Auckland are tracking down.
Hospitalisations are levelling off in the northern region of New Zealand, he said.
But hospitalisations around the country are yet to peak, and will likely peak in the next two weeks and trend downwards in April, Bloomfield said.
Bloomfield said the number of deaths will increase in the coming weeks and will take longer to decline overtime.
Looking forward, Bloomfield said international analysis shows New Zealand is likely to have daily case numbers in the low thousands for some time after the country hits its peak cases numbers.
Vaccinations
96.3 percent of New Zealand's eligible population have had the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and 95.1 percent have had a second dose.
72.8 percent of eligible New Zealanders have gotten their booster.
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