One death and 252 new cases

Another person with Covid-19 in the top of the south has died, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday.

The death brings the number of people who have died with the virus in Nelson-Marlborough to 13 since the Omicron outbreak began in late January.

Yesterday the ministry also reported 252 new Covid-19 cases in the top of the south, down on the 272 cases it recorded on Thursday, and the 282 on Wednesday.

In Nelson-Marlborough, seven people were in hospital with Covid-19, the same number as on Thursday.

Nelson Marlborough Health, which has different figures to the ministry because of different reporting times, recorded 270 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday. These included 97 in Nelson, 35 in Richmond, 24 in Motueka/Moutere, seven in Golden Bay, 13 in other areas of Tasman, 67 in Blenheim, four in Picton and five in other areas of Marlborough.