‘Oku taupotu ‘i lalo ha fakamatala fakaTonga
Three thousands New Zealanders have now died from the Covid-19 virus, the Ministry of Health record shows.
In its latest report this week about the number of new cases it said there have been 12,028 Covid-19 cases reported in New Zealand over the past week.
The numbers cover Monday, May 29 to Sunday, June 4. Case numbers continue to fall, with 2343 fewer cases recorded than the week before.
As at midnight Monday there were 278 people in hospital with the virus.
Nine people were in an intensive care unit as at midnight Monday.
Fifty-nine more people with the virus have died, with the Ministry of Health explaining there was a higher than usual number of deaths reported “due to a backlog of deaths being coded”.
The ministry said two died in June, 13 in May, seven in April, three in March and three in January. The remainder of the deaths occurred in 2022.
The total number of deaths confirmed as attributable to Covid-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor, is 3001.The total number of deaths attributed to Covid-19 since the pandemic began now exceeds 3000 ā reaching 3001ā.
The most recent genomic surveillance shows XBB.1.6 is now the dominant Covid-19 variant in Aotearoa, representing 24% of cases, with a āstrong growth trajectory expected to continueā.
The Institute of Environmental Science and Research said other tracked variants, such as FK.1.1 and XBB.1.5 remain in circulation.
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA
Aāu e mateā āi Nuāu Silaā ni āi he Koviti 19 āo fakalaka he 3000 talu āeni e tÅ āa e mahaki fakaāauha fakamamani lahiā ni āi he taāu āe tolu kuo hiliā.
I heene lipooti fakamuimui he uike ni ki he lahi āo e ngaahi keisi foāou ne pehÄ ai ko e toko 12,028 āi he uike kuo āosi.
Ko e fika ko ia kau ai āa e Monite Me āaho 29 ki he Sapate Sune āaho 4 ka ne mahino āoku āalu ke holo āa e fikaā āaki āa e toko 2343 mei he uike ki muāa aiā.
I he tuāuapo MÅniteā naāe toko 278 āi fale mahaki maāu āe he vailasiā.
Toko hiva ne nau āi he āinitenisivikea he tuāuapÅ MÅniteā.
Ne mate ha toe kakai āe toko 59 pea āi he fakamatala mei he PotungÄue Moāuiā ne kiāi ngali kehe āa e maāolunga ange fika āo e kau mate āi he angamaheni.
Pehe āe he potungaue ko e toko ua ne mate āi Sune, 13 āi Me, toko fitu āi āEpeleli, toko tolu āi Maāasi pea toko tolu āi Sanuali. Ko e toenga āo e ate ne hoko ia āi he 2022.
Ko e lahi fakakatoa āo e mate kuo fakapapauāi ko e tupu mei he Koviti 19 pe ko āene hoko āa e Koviti ko ha fakitoa tÄnaki aāu hake āeni ki he toko 3001.
Ko e genomic surveillance fakamuimui taha āoku ha ko e XBB.1.6 āa e fotunga kehe lahi taha kuo ne kama āa Nuāu Sila āo ne fakafofonga āa e peseta āe 24 āo e ngaahi keisi.
Ne pehÄ āe he Institute of Environmental Science and Research oku kei vilovilo holo pe mo e ngaahi fotunga kehe hange ko e FK.1.1 mo e XBB.1.5.
