July 26

New Zealand recorded 9,256 new community cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

There are now a total of 1,396 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor, it said.

A total of 430 COVID-19 cases have recently traveled overseas, it added.

Currently, 822 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals, including 24 in intensive care units or high dependency units.

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