Thursday May 19

There are 9091 new cases of Covid-19 and five people have died.

Of these, 260 are in Northland, 3,233 are in Auckland, 696 in Waikato, 291 in Bay of Plenty, 175 in the Lakes district, 303 in Hawke's Bay, 281 in MidCentral, 124 in Whanganui, 265 in Taranaki, 82 in Tairāwhiti, 83 in Wairarapa, 595 in Capital and Coast, 250 in Hutt Valley, 265 in Nelson Marlborough, 1317 in Canterbury, 130 in South Canterbury, 637 in the Southern district, 103 in the West Coast and 1 in an unknown location.

The total number of active cases is 55,852.

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

Five people with Covid-19 have died, bringing the publicly reported total to date to 1022.

The five people have died within the past two days. 

One was from the Wellington region, one from Bay of Plenty and three from the Southern area.

One person was in their seventies and four people were in their 80s.

Of these people, four were women and one was a man.

There are 411 people in hospital, with 12 of those people in intensive care or high dependency units.

The average age of people currently in hospital is 60.

Testing

In the last 24 hours, 4736 PCR tests have been taken and 16,961 Rapid antigen tests (RATs) have been reported.

If you take a RAT you must report the result, positive or negative. This can be done online through My Covid Record, or by calling 0800 222 478 between 8am and 8pm. 

Vaccinations

96.3% of New Zealand's eligible population have had the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and 95.2% have had a second dose.

70.7% of those eligible have had their booster dose.

Top image: A Covid-19 testing centre in Wellington. (File photo) Photo: Michael Madden-Smith/Re:

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