New Zealand reported 7,746 new community cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 community cases in New Zealand now sits at 8,703. The Ministry also reported 759 current hospitalizations, including 19 cases in ICU or HDU, and 22 deaths of COVID-19 on Saturday.
In addition, there were 353 new cases that have recently travelled overseas, according to the ministry.
New Zealand has reported 1,546,211 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, with a total number of publicly reported deaths with COVID-19 reaching 1,976 in the country.
New Zealand is currently under the orange settings of the COVID-19 Protection Framework, where there is no limit for gatherings.
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