Video / NZ HeraldThere are 2066 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. A month prior, on the week ending on August 31, these figures peaked at 115 deaths attributable to Covid-19 and 227 deaths reported with the virus. Covid deaths in New Zealand started to increase when Omicron first hit the country in February this year. For the week ending on July 31, Covid deaths made up for nearly 40 per cent of the weekly death rate. New Zealand now reports Covid-19 deaths using two separate but overlapping categories: the number of people who have died with Covid-19 and the number of people who have died of Covid-19.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 01, 2022 13:28 UTC