There are 14,120 community cases of Covid-19 and 23 further deaths to report today.

There are now 692 people in hospital, with 30 people in ICU or HDU.

Cases in hospital are in Northland: 31; Waitemata: 105; Counties Manukau: 127; Auckland: 101; Waikato: 77; Bay of Plenty: 35; Lakes: 14; Tairāwhiti: 2; Hawke's Bay: 28; Taranaki: 11; Whanganui: 4; MidCentral: 21; Wairarapa: 2; Hutt Valley: 15; Capital and Coast: 15; Nelson Marlborough: 13; Canterbury: 49; South Canterbury: 8; West Coast: 5; Southern: 29

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health reported 10,205 new community cases of Covid-19 and nine further deaths.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also announced at yesterday's Post-Cabinet media briefing that the country will remain at the red Covid-19 traffic light setting.

She said the rolling average of cases had declined 36 percent in the two weeks since the government refined the traffic light system.