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Last updated 2pm 8 September 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 7 September 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                      42 ↓

                      106 ↓

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       50

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        1 ↓

                    4,787

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 352
Reinfections 231
Reinfections (< 90 days) 2
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2736864
Reinfections 428257
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27212

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 441 2731782
Deceased* 7 4787*

 

*The Ministry of Health has recently switched its definition of 'deceased' from deaths within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 to deaths attributed to COVID-19. See the definitions section below for further details.

Deaths with COVID-19

Cause of death Died within 28 days of positive test Died more than 28 days after positive test Total Change in the last week
COVID as underlying 2795 203 2998 4
COVID as contributory 1620 169 1789 3
COVID-attributed total 4415 372 4787 7
Not COVID 2366 0* 2366 0
Not available 318 0 318 7
Total 7099 372 7471 14*

 

*The change in total deaths with COVID may not be equal to the number of new deaths reported today. This is because deaths that occurred more than 28 days after a positive test that are subsequently determined to be unrelated to COVID are removed from the total.

Of the 14 people whose deaths we are reporting today: three were from Auckland region, two were from Waikato, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, three were from MidCentral, two were from Nelson Marlborough, two were from Canterbury.

One was in their 50s, two were in their 60s, three were in their 70s, six were in their 80s and two were aged over 90. Of these people, nine were women and five were men.

Note: Due to a change in the underlying IT systems, deaths attributed to COVID-19 will no longer be reported with the same recency, and COVID-19 attributed deaths will now be reported from the Mortality Collections only. This ensures that deaths have undergone systemic checks and include coronial inquest findings, which is in line with the reporting of deaths from other diseases, including other scheduled Notifiable Diseases. From the 17th of July 2025 only deaths recorded in the Mortality Collection will be reported as COVID-19 attributed. The most recent data in the Mortality Collection is for 2022 which is preliminary - more information can be found on the Mortality Collection webpage.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 352 2690286
Probable 0 46578
Total 352* 2736864

*The change in total case numbers may not be equal to the number of new cases reported today due to data updating and reconciliation.

Definitions

Active case - confirmed

Confirmed cases are people who have received a positive PCR test OR someone who has received a positive result on a Rapid Antigen Test. 

COVID-19 case definition
Active case - probable A probable case is when someone is diagnosed based on their exposure to other people with COVID-19 and on their symptoms. 
Reinfections Reinfections are cases in an individual who reported a case 29 or more days previously.  
Recovered Recovered cases are people who had the virus, where at least 7 days have passed since their symptoms started and they have not had symptoms for 72 hours, and they have been cleared by the health professional responsible for their monitoring.
Deceased Includes all deaths where COVID-19 is determined to have been the underlying cause of death or a contributory cause of death.

Cases reported each day

Daily confirmed and probable cases

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This graph shows the count of all cases of COVID-19 every day (all cases – confirmed and probable) since the first New Zealand case in late February 2020. The graph shows the rapid increase of daily cases from mid-February 2022 to early March 2022, driven by the Omicron variant.

From mid-March to mid-April 2022, cases rapidly declined, followed by a period of slower decline until early July. This was followed by a rapid increase in cases, peaking in August before a steady decline in new daily cases. Reported new daily cases hit their lowest since February 2022 in September 2022.

This graph shows the count of all cases of COVID-19 every day (all cases – confirmed and probable) since the first New Zealand case in late February 2020. The graph shows the rapid increase of daily cases from mid-February 2022 to early March 2022, driven by the Omicron variant.

From mid-March to mid-April 2022, cases rapidly declined, followed by a period of slower decline until early July. This was followed by a rapid increase in cases, peaking in August before a steady decline in new daily cases. Reported new daily cases hit their lowest since February 2022 in September 2022.

COVID-19 by location

Total cases by location

Total COVID-19 cases by location graph Total COVID-19 cases by location graph Total COVID-19 cases by location graph

This bar graph shows the total cases and their status by health district and those with recent travel history.

The ‘At the border’ data group includes cases detected in managed isolation or quarantine facilities from the period when these were operating, as well as cases with recent travel history from after that time. They are not included in the district totals. Before 17 June, people in managed isolation or quarantine facilities were included in the total of the relevant district.

This bar graph shows the total cases and their status by health district and those with recent travel history.

The ‘At the border’ data group includes cases detected in managed isolation or quarantine facilities from the period when these were operating, as well as cases with recent travel history from after that time. They are not included in the district totals. Before 17 June, people in managed isolation or quarantine facilities were included in the total of the relevant district.

Total cases by location

Location Active Recovered Deceased Total New cases in the last week
Auckland 16 260447 345 260808 18
Bay of Plenty 10 120532 228 120770 15
Canterbury 31 364690 627 365348 37
Capital and Coast 30 198306 215 198551 36
Counties Manukau 19 306354 377 306750 23
Hawke's Bay 5 90002 195 90202 6
Hutt Valley 24 96458 113 96595 32
Lakes 2 53363 125 53490 4
Mid Central 16 102020 253 102289 17
Nelson Marlborough 19 84518 202 84739 25
Northland 25 85693 188 85906 26
South Canterbury 1 36553 62 36616 3
Southern 23 202260 462 202745 28
Tairāwhiti 1 27811 51 27863 1
Taranaki 13 69029 155 69197 14
Unknown 0 2466 9 2475 0
Waikato 29 219413 484 219926 31
Wairarapa 1 27187 75 27263 1
Waitematā 24 327788 505 328317 28
West Coast 1 16563 25 16589 1
Whanganui 5 36200 86 36291 6
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 295 2731782 4787 2736864 352

 

*Due to retiring the COVID-19 Protection Framework on 12 September 2022, the Ministry of Health no longer separately reports COVID-19 cases who have recently travelled overseas. These cases will be included in the weekly reporting on all COVID-19 community cases, but we will no longer distinguish between border and other cases.

You can also view a detailed breakdown of daily case numbers for each district since the beginning of the pandemic here:

New Zealand COVID-19 data - Ministry of Health (external link)

Note: we cannot give detailed information about cases in your district, city or town, as we must protect the privacy of the people concerned.