July 15

New Zealand recorded 10,470 new community cases of COVID-19 and 16 more deaths from the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.

In addition, 333 COVID-19 cases have recently traveled overseas, it said.

Currently, 773 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals, including 14 in intensive care units or high dependency units.

New Zealand has reported 1,474,875 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic hit the country in early 2020.

xinhua