The number of new daily community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand has dropped below the 3000 mark for the first time since late February.
In today's statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 2618 community cases to report, the lowest number since 21 February, when the first Omicron surge began to hit.
While reported numbers do drop over the weekend, the seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 4302, down from 5441 this time last week.
The Ministry also reported 11 new deaths of people with the coronavirus, as well as 557 people in hospital, including 15 in ICU.
There were 27 deaths with the virus reported yesterday, as well as 3650 new cases.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/472825/covid-19-update-lowest-number-of-daily-community-cases-since-february