According to officials, there were 20,802 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the past week.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases was 2967, up from the week prior, however, based on Covid-19 trends in the week to November 6, cases have “stabilised” over the past week.
There are currently about 397 cases per 100,000 – a 1 percent increase from the previous week (ending October 30). The week ending October 30 had seen cases rise 25 percent from the week before.
As of midnight on Sunday, there were 322 people in hospital with Covid-19, eight of whom are in an intensive care or high dependency care unit.
The ministry said the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 had also stabilised as of midnight on Sunday – down from 323 the previous Sunday.
