New Zealand has 17 new cases of Covid-19.

Ashley Bloomfield, the Director General Of Health, announced at today’s daily briefing at the Beehive that there have been four further deaths in New Zealand related to Covid-19. Three deaths are connected to the Rosewood Rest Home in Christchurch, and a man in his 70s died in Wellington. This makes today’s total the highest number of Covid-19 related deaths we have seen so far. 

Nine people have now died with Covid-19 in New Zealand.

Two men in their 90s and a man in his 80s died in Burwood Hospital in Christchurch, while a man in his 70s died after a substantial stay in ICU in Wellington hospital.

There have been 628 recoveries from the infection. “Our recovered cases now firmly dominated our cases overall,” said Bloomfield.

There are 15 people in hospital with Covid-19, including three in ICU, in Middlemore, Dunedin and North Shore. The person in Dunedin remains in critical condition.

Yesterday 1,572 tests were processed, another low number possibly due to the Easter weekend holiday.