Video / NZ HeraldThere are 2244 new cases of Covid-19 and another 17 deaths related to the virus, the Ministry of Health reported in its latest update today. In the past seven days there have been an average of seven deaths confirmed each day as being attributable to the virus. 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. 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 over lapping 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 August 31, 2022 02:46 UTC