COVID-19: Current cases

Last updated 2pm 17 March 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 16 March 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

New case average*	RATs uploaded average*
77 ↓	174 ↓
Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday	Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday
66	**
Deaths attributed to COVID*	Total deaths attributed COVID
2 ↑	4,600

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

Summary
In the last week	New cases reported	716
	Reinfections	449
	Reinfections (< 90 days)	1
Total since first New Zealand case	Cases reported	2721563
	Reinfections	418484
	Reinfections (< 90 days)	27128

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case
COVID-19 cases	Change in the last week	Total
Recovered	771	2716424
Deceased*	11	4600*

*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	2718	175	2893	6
COVID as contributory	1565	142	1707	5
COVID-attributed total	4283	317	4600	11
Not COVID	2287	0*	2287	3
Not available	262	0	262	-1
Total	6832	317	7149	13*

*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 13 people whose deaths we are reporting today: six were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one two were from MidCentral, two were from Wellington region, one was from Nelson Marlborough, one was from Southern.

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

Case details

Number of active cases

Change in the last week	Total since first NZ case
Confirmed	715	2675015
Probable	1	46548
Total	716*	2721563

*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

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 — 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.

Tctal cases by location

Location	Active	Recovered	Deceased	Total	New cases in the last week
Auckland	47	259124	323	259494	58
Bay of Plenty	20	119939	221	120180	36
Canterbury	53	362669	615	363337	67
Capital and Coast	60	196969	206	197235	86
Counties Manukau	68	304980	360	305408	82
Hawke's Bay	26	89601	191	89818	38
Hutt Valley	26	95806	108	95940	32
Lakes	10	53147	120	53277	11
Mid Central	16	101451	241	101708	22
Nelson Marlborough	19	83951	192	84162	26
Northland	15	85237	175	85427	20
South Canterbury	15	36335	59	36409	15
Southern	23	200677	444	201144	41
Tairāwhiti	2	27723	51	27776	3
Taranaki	15	68627	148	68790	24
Unknown	1	2449	9	2459	1
Waikato	42	218226	467	218735	52
Wairarapa	4	27030	74	27108	6
Waitematā	68	325889	486	326443	83
West Coast	4	16438	23	16465	4
Whanganui	5	36027	82	36114	9
At the Border*	0	4129	5	4134	0
Total	539	2716424	4600	2721563	716

*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.

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