By RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.

There are 35 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 24 cases in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health has reported.

In a statement, the Health Ministry said the 35 new community cases are in Auckland (18), Waikato (1), Bay of Plenty (13), Rotorua (2) and Taupō (1).

There are now 37 people with the coronavirus in hospital, including three in intensive care.

At the Ministry’s last update yesterday, there were 19 new community cases and 43 new cases of the virus in MIQ.

More to come…