Covid-19 update: 4126 new community cases, 13 further deaths, 721 people in hospital

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers continues to fall at 4581, down from last week’s 5812.

There are 609 people in hospital with Covid-19, compared to 721 this time last week.

Yesterday there were 4818 new cases in the community.

There have now been 1,666,801 cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand.

The number of deaths confirmed as attributable to the coronavrius is now 1733.

The 13 people with Covid-19 whose deaths were reported include five people in their 70s, five in their 80s and three aged over 90. Eight were women and five were men.

One was from Northland, three were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Tairawhiti, one was from Hawke’s Bay, one was from Taranaki, one was from Canterbury, three were from Southern.