There have been another 7800 new community cases of Covid-19 and another 17 deaths with the virus reported by the Ministry of Health today.

In today's statement, the Health Ministry said the seven-day rolling average of community case numbers had now risen to 8032, compared to 7548 last Friday.

There are 401 people with Covid-19 in hospital, with 14 in ICU.

One of the people whose deaths were reported today was in their 50s, one in their 60s, four in their 70s, five in their 80s and six over 90. Thirteen were women and four were men.

Three were from the Auckland region, three were from the Wellington region, two were from Northland, two were from Canterbury, two were from the Southern region, and one each from Waikato, Tairāwhiti, Mid Central, Hawke's Bay, and Nelson Marlborough.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 9091 new community cases of Covid-19 and a further five deaths.