Oku taupotu i lalo ha fakamatala fakaTonga
There were 14,657 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Aotearoa in the week to midnight on Sunday, and a further 43 deaths attributed to the virus. The total number of deaths from the disease is now 2893.
In addition, there were 247 cases in hospital at midnight Sunday, with eight in intensive care.
The seven-day rolling average of cases was 1891.
Last week 11,739 new cases were reported, and a further 58 deaths were attributed to the virus.
In last week’s Budget 2023 announcement, $20 million was allocated to lift Covid-19 immunisation and screening coverage for MÄori and Pacific people.
Meanwhile, Tokelau has confirmed its first community case of Covid-19, and a lockdown has been imposed.
A spokesperson for the government confirmed to RNZ Pacific the small nation of three atolls announced the first-ever case on Sunday.
Up until now, Tokelau, which is a dependency of New Zealand, was the last remaining country, along with Turkmenistan, to not have experienced community cases.
The case is located on Nukunonu, the largest atoll in Tokelau and does not know how they caught the virus.
Work was underway to establish how the virus entered the community.
In January, Tokelau experienced its first cases of the virus at the border.
All five people who tested positive then tested negative and were able to join the community and attend a wedding.
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA
Naāe feāunga mo e keisi foāou āo e Koviti āe 14,657 ne lipooti āi āAotearoa he kuo aāu mai ki he Sapate pea mo ha mate āe toko 43 tuunga he vailasi Koviti. Kuo aāu ai āa e mate fakakatoa ki he toko 2893.
Tanaki atu ki heni ko ha keisi āe 247 ne āi fale mahaki mei he tuāuapo Sapate pea toko valu ai āi he āinitenisivikeaā.
Naāe lipooti āi he uike kuo āosi ha keisi āe 11,739 mo ha mate āe 58 tuāunga he vailasi.
Naāe fanongonongo āi he uike kuo āosi e patiseti 2023 pea ne vaheāi ai ha $20 miliona ke hiki hake āa e huhu maluāi āo e Koviti ki he kakai Maori mo e Pasifiki.
Taimi tatau pe kuo lipooti mei Tokelau āenau fuofua keisi Koviti.
Oku kei loka ai āa Tokelau.
Naāe lekooti ai āa e keisi āe fa he komiunitii āi he vahaāa taimi āaho 15 ki he 26 āo Mee i Nukunonu.
Kuo hoko ai āa Tokelau ko e fika ua ia ki he muimui taha āo ha fonua āi mamani ke ne maāu āa e Koviti 19, kae kei hao pe āa Turkmenistan heene aāu mai ki he āaho 26 Meeā fakatatau ki he WHO.
Koeuhi ko e ngaahi fangatangata kuo hoko āoku āuhinga ia āoku tapuni āa e akoāanga Matiti āi Nukunonu pea ngaahi āofisi fakapuleāanga.
Ava pe ngaahi sevese fiemaāua hange ko e fale mahaki, ngaahi fale koloa mo e paāanga āi ha fokotuāutuāu makehe ki ai ke fakasiāisiāi e feÅāaki āa e kakai.
āOku āatÄ āa e kakai ke fafanga āenau fanga monumanuā he vahaāa e 7am ki he 9am.