COVID-19: Current cases

Last updated 2pm 10 March 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 9 March 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

New case average*	RATs uploaded average*
86 ↓	176 ↓
Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday	Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday
66	**
Deaths attributed to COVID*	Total deaths attributed COVID
1	4,589

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

Summary
In the last week	New cases reported	731
	Reinfections	470
	Reinfections (< 90 days)	6
Total since first New Zealand case	Cases reported	2720847
	Reinfections	418035
	Reinfections (< 90 days)	27127

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case
COVID-19 cases	Change in the last week	Total
Recovered	775	2715653
Deceased*	4	4589*

*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	2713	174	2887	2
COVID as contributory	1561	141	1702	2
COVID-attributed total	4274	315	4589	4
Not COVID	2284	0*	2284	6
Not available	263	0	263	2
Total	6821	315	7136	12*

*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 12 people whose deaths we are reporting today: one was from Northland, two were from Auckland region, two were from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from MidCentral, two were from Wellington region, one was from Canterbury, one was from Southern.

Two were in their 50s, three were in their 60s, three were in their 70s, three were in their 80s and one was aged over 90.

Case details

Number of active cases

Change in the last week	Total since first NZ case
Confirmed	732	2674300
Probable	-1	46547
Total	731*	2720847

*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	61	259053	322	259436	75
Bay of Plenty	23	119901	220	120144	29
Canterbury	69	362586	615	363270	78
Capital and Coast	45	196899	205	197149	57
Counties Manukau	83	304885	358	305326	102
Hawke's Bay	24	89566	190	89780	33
Hutt Valley	22	95778	108	95908	27
Lakes	9	53137	120	53266	10
Mid Central	13	101433	240	101686	15
Nelson Marlborough	22	83922	192	84136	28
Northland	23	85210	174	85407	28
South Canterbury	6	36329	59	36394	6
Southern	43	200617	443	201103	50
Tairāwhiti	0	27722	51	27773	1
Taranaki	17	68601	148	68766	21
Unknown	5	2444	9	2458	5
Waikato	60	218157	466	218683	69
Wairarapa	4	27024	74	27102	5
Waitematā	71	325804	485	326360	86
West Coast	0	16438	23	16461	0
Whanganui	5	36018	82	36105	6
At the Border*	0	4129	5	4134	0
Total	605	2715653	4589	2720847	731

*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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