July 18

New Zealand recorded 7,612 new community cases of COVID-19 and 22 more deaths from the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.

In addition, 363 COVID-19 cases have recently traveled overseas, it said.

Currently, 797 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals, including 20 in intensive care units or high dependency units.

New Zealand has reported 1,498,402 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic hit the country in early 2020.

xinhua