July 21

New Zealand recorded 9,953 new community cases of COVID-19 and 32 more deaths from the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.

It said 383 COVID-19 cases have recently traveled overseas.

Currently, 767 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals, including 20 in intensive care units or high dependency units.

New Zealand has reported 1,529,508 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic hit the country in early 2020.

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