Coronavirus: New Zealand has 190 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the community

New Zealand has 190 new cases of Covid-19 in the community, reports the Ministry of Health.

Of today's new cases, 182 are in Auckland, while one is in Northland and seven are in Waikato - taking the total number of cases in Waikato to 163 (68 of whom have recovered).

Today a total of 1,823 cases are now reported as having recovered from Covid-19.

That brings the total number of active cases in the community to 2,718 (the total number of cases in this outbreak is now 4,541).

There are still 19 cases in Northland (six of whom have recovered) and four active cases in Christchurch.

There are 81 people in hospital, including seven patients in intensive care.

A Covid-infected guest died in an Auckland MIQ facility this morning.

The Ministry of Health confirmed the person arrived on November 3 and tested positive for Covid during their day-three routine test at the Crowne Plaza facility.

The Ministry has also reported the death of a patient on Saturday at Auckland City Hospital.
 
The patient, who was in their late-60s, was admitted to hospital on 23 October for a trauma incident and tested positive on admission.

The cause of both deaths will be determined by the coroner, including whether it may have been COVID-19 related.

Auckland, Northland and parts of Waikato (Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Ngaruawahia, Hamilton city, Huntly, Te Kuiti, Waipa, Ōtorohanga, Te Awamutu, Karapiro and Cambridge) are currently at alert level 3.

Waikato has seen an easing of restrictions as it moved to level 3 step 2 on Tuesday night.

Auckland will "step down" at 11.59pm on Tuesday 9 November.

The rest of the country is at alert level 2.

Previously, the Prime Minister revealed New Zealand will move into a new way of managing Covid-19 when District Health Boards have 90 per cent of their eligible populations vaccinated.

The traffic light system will use vaccine certificates to allow complying businesses to continue to operate at all times - and proposes to end nationwide lockdowns.

New Zealand has had 7,287 confirmed cases since the pandemic began last year and 31 deaths.