Twenty-nine more people have died with Covid, and there are 9241 community cases being reported today, the Ministry of Health says.

There are 761 people in hospital with Covid including 15 in intensive care and all 29 people died in the past 29 days.

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 9984 - this time last week it was 8687.

The seven-day rolling average of deaths is 20, and there have been 1805 publicly reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of hospitalisations is 727 - it was 520 a week ago.

Of the people whose deaths are being reported today, three were from Auckland, four from Waikato, two from Bay of Plenty, three from Lakes, two from Hawke's Bay, two from MidCentral, two from Wellington region, three from Nelson Marlborough, four from Canterbury/West Coast and four from Southern.

Two were in their 60s, three in their 70s, 16 in their 80s and eight were aged over 90. Nineteen were women and ten were men.
The Ministry said the number of deaths announced each day may fluctuate due to routine delays in reporting. Today's increase in reported deaths since yesterday reflects that delay - it includes eight people who died on July 14 and 11 who died on July 15.
The 761 people in hospital with Covid are in Northland: 25; Waitematā: 130; Counties Manukau: 54; Auckland: 102; Waikato: 56; Bay of Plenty: 38; Lakes: 17; Hawke's Bay: 28; MidCentral: 30; Whanganui: 20; Taranaki: 16; Tairawhiti: 4; Wairarapa: 9; Capital & Coast/Hutt: 57; Nelson Marlborough: 8; Canterbury/West Coast: 118; South Canterbury: 11; and Southern: 38.
The average age of hospitalisations is 64.

It comes after days of more than 10,000 cases.