21,595 new cases of Covid-19

There have been 21,595 new community Covid-19 cases reported in the past week, as officials say they believe about three-quarters of infections are being reported.

The Ministry of Health gave the update, covering the period from Monday, November 7, to Sunday, November 13, yesterday.

There were 325 people in hospital with the virus as of midnight on Sunday, seven of whom were in an intensive care or high dependency care unit.

Covid-19 cases have remained stable in the week ending November 13, the ministry said.

There are currently about 59 cases per 100,000 people – a 4% increase from the previous week ending November 6.

The seven-day rolling average of new reported cases was 3079.

The ministry also reported 56 deaths over the past week. Of these, 35 were attributed to Covid-19 (either as the underlying cause, or a contributory cause). Categorisations of the other 21 were not yet available.

Of the 56 deaths reported yesterday, two people were in their 40s, two in their 50s, seven in their 60s, 18 were in their 70s, 17 in their 80s and 10 were aged over 90.