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Last updated 2pm 7 October 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 6 October 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                    126 ↓

                   192 ↓

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       74

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        1 

                    4,435

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 1174
Reinfections 759
Reinfections (< 90 days) 8
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2696787
Reinfections 402144
Reinfections (< 90 days) 26962

 


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 901 2691471
Deceased* 5 4435*

*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 2624 157 2781 2
COVID as contributory 1522 132 1654 3
COVID-attributed total 4146 289 4435 5
Not COVID 2162 0* 2162 9
Not available 234 0 234 -1
Total 6542 289 6831 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: one was from Northland, five were from Auckland region, two were from MidCentral, one was from Nelson Marlborough, one was from Canterbury, three were from Southern.

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

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 881 2650294
Probable 0 46493
Total 881* 2696787

*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

New COVID-19 cases reported each day New COVID-19 cases reported each day New COVID-19 cases reported each day

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.

New COVID-19 cases reported each day

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.

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.

Total cases by location

Location Active Recovered Deceased Total New cases in the last week
Auckland 105 256401 301 256807 142
Bay of Plenty 20 119117 211 119348 23
Canterbury 143 359797 603 360543 192
Capital and Coast 95 194138 198 194431 120
Counties Manukau 74 302249 349 302672 100
Hawke's Bay 21 88778 182 88981 28
Hutt Valley 31 94843 106 94980 39
Lakes 14 52837 119 52970 20
Mid Central 23 100465 229 100717 33
Nelson Marlborough 27 83315 184 83526 37
Northland 15 84523 171 84709 21
South Canterbury 11 36076 58 36145 16
Southern 112 198902 431 199445 150
Tairāwhiti 4 27506 50 27560 6
Taranaki 14 68090 145 68249 20
Unknown 0 2401 9 2410 0
Waikato 39 216353 455 216847 49
Wairarapa 4 26847 73 26924 6
Waitematā 125 322555 453 323133 168
West Coast 2 16336 23 16361 2
Whanganui 2 35813 80 35895 2
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 881 2691471 4435 2696787 1174

 

*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 by clicking the ‘download’ button on the right hand side of this page: New Zealand COVID-19 data.

 

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