Covid milestone hit

More than 1000 people have now died with Covid in NZ. Thirty-two more deaths were reported yesterday and we have recorded 9570 new community cases. Officials said the deaths included some from the past six weeks, and took the toll to 1017. One person was in their 20s, four in their 40s, two in their 50s, four in their 60s, nine in their 70s, nine in their 80s and three over 90. One twicereported death has been removed from the overall tally. There were 425 people in hospital, nine in ICU.