In a statement late this afternoon, the health ministry said some cases had been double counted. The correct number of cases today is 9,318, not 13,344 as announced earlier today.
The revised figure is roughly on par with the number of cases reported in the past three days, it said.
In the southern DHB area, there were 658 new cases today, not 1017 as previously reported.
The number of imported cases — people who have recently traveled abroad — were also hit by the same error, and the correct figure is 275, not the 390 mispublished earlier in the day.
There are 587 people in hospital with the virus and 23 more have been killed, two of them in the South.
The ministry said 18 of the deaths occurred in the current month and four others in May and June. One death is now also reported since January last year, after the cause of death assessment was completed.
Two of these deaths were in the southern DHB area. Of the others, seven were from the Auckland area, one from Waikato, Lakes, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Tairawhiti, Whanganui and MidCentral, two from the Wellington area and four from Canterbury/West Coast.
One person was in their 60s, three were in their 70s, 13 were in their 80s, and six were over 90. Nine were women and 14 were men.
Today’s reported deaths bring the pandemic total to 1,651, and the seven-day moving average of reported deaths is 16.
“Today’s new cases of Covid-19 show a further rise in the number of cases,” the ministry said.
“We will continue to monitor our response to the current Covid-19 outbreak in the community and will adjust it as the outbreak and pandemic evolves, and as part of our revival planning.”
The breakdown of today’s 587 Covid hospitals is: Northland: 13; Waitemata: 128; Provinces of Manukau: 38; Auckland: 35; Waikato: 57; Bay of Plenty: 32; Lakes: 14; Hawke’s Bay: 20; Middle Central: 18; Whanganui: 6; Taranaki: 11; Tairawiti: 2; Wairarapa: 4; Capital and Coast and Hutt Valley: 60; Nelson Marlborough: 13; Canterbury and West Coast: 90; South Canterbury: 15; South: 31†
There are currently nine Covid patients in the ICU or HDU.
† ODT Online