There are 205 new Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
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Of the new cases 175 were in Auckland, 20 in Waikato, four in Northland, five in Bay of Plenty and one in Lakes District.
A man in his 40s has died of the virus in Middlemore Hospital.
The Government will be holding a post-Cabinet press conference at 4pm in which any change to Auckland’s alert level settings will be announced.
On Sunday, 149 community cases were announced – the majority of them in Auckland.