Covid-19: 8943 new cases, 25 further deaths

There have been 8943 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday, and 25 further deaths attributed to the virus.

Of the new cases, 5389 were reinfections.

There were 241 cases in hospital and none in intensive care, as of midnight on Sunday.

The seven-day rolling average of reported new cases was 510, slightly up from last week.

Last week, the ministry reported 4788 new cases of Covid-19 and 34 further deaths.