Covid update - National figures

Gordon from Halswell

Not a very encouraging pattern as the level seems to have settled at nearly twice what it was three months ago.
It is pleasing to see that fewer people are dying, which might be due to either the most vulnerable having succumbed, or the treatment having improved, probably both.

New cases - Deaths

5878 - 15
5555 - 20 - last week
5757 - 20
7016 - 22
8040 - ?? Xmas
7417 - 27
7880 - 27
6656 - 20
6814 - 22
7881 - 20
5947 - 36
3934 - 44