Last updated 2pm 19 May 2025

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to tests recorded prior to 11:59pm 18 May 2025.

Testing data is collected from the Eclair database (administered by ESR) unless otherwise stated.

Testing summary, status, and results

COVID-19 testing

  Total
CR tests uploaded during past week 2,550
All COVID-19 viral tests administered 8,428,424
Testing kits in stock 22,373

Testing results from 22 January 2020 to 19 May 2025

Test results In managed facilities Within NZ communities Total
Tested positive for COVID-19 3,838 265,149 268,987
Tested negative (no COVID-19) 236,842 7,868,015 8,104,857
Inconclusive result for COVID-19 190 54,390 54,580
Total (all tests) 240,870 8,187,554 8,428,424
Graph of daily number of tests completed for COVID-19 (with seven-day rolling average) Graph of daily number of tests completed for COVID-19 (with seven-day rolling average) Graph of daily number of tests completed for COVID-19 (with seven-day rolling average)

Daily number of tests completed for COVID-19 (with seven-day rolling average)

Daily number of tests completed for COVID-19 (with seven-day rolling average)

Testing over the past 4 weeks

Tests at managed facilities and within the community in health districts

Health district of residence 22 Apr to 27 Apr 29 Apr to 4 May 6 May to 11 May 13 May to 18 May
Auckland 214 219 231 222
Bay of Plenty 20 8 16 13
Canterbury/West Coast 65 92 70 91
Capital & Coast/Hutt 121 193 187 215
Counties Manukau 408 354 348 378
Hawkes Bay 42 70 69 114
Lakes 5 15 16 14
MidCentral 81 95 114 96
Nelson Marlborough 65 64 62 65
Northland 121 158 202 210
South Canterbury 25 28 37 39
Southern 108 143 189 216
Tairawhiti 4 12 4 7
Taranaki 128 95 96 122
Waikato 203 221 228 276
Wairarapa 13 27 30 23
Waitemata 361 436 413 420
Whanganui 7 8 17 16
Unknown 13 14 9 13
Total 2,004 2,252 2,338 2,550

Note: some people are tested more than once. We cannot give you detailed information about tests in your district, city or town, as we must protect the privacy of the people concerned.

Tests by ethnicity

Ethnicity 22 Apr to 27 Apr 29 Apr to 4 May 6 May to 11 May 13 May to 18 May
Māori 403 422 457 550
Pacific Peoples 283 283 279 331
Asian 213 273 284 257
European or Other 1,096 1,264 1,304 1,407
Unknown 9 10 14 5
Total 2,004 2,252 2,338 2,550

Total tests

COVID-19 test result 22 Apr to 27 Apr 29 Apr to 4 May 6 May to 11 May 13 May to 18 May
Tested positive 71 67 60 97
Tested negative (no COVID-19) 1,930 2,180 2,273 2,447
Inconclusive result 3 5 5 6
Total 2,004 2,252 2,338 2,550

Testing rate and results by location and ethnicity

All tests by district and in managed isolation and quarantine facilities from 22 January 2020 to 19 May 2025

Location Total tests Tested positive (%) Test rate per 1000 people
Managed isolation and quarantine facilities 240,870 1.59% NA
Auckland 1,173,868 3.02% 2,385.4
Bay of Plenty 301,897 2.75% 1,164.9
Canterbury/West Coast 672,001 4.32% 1,122.7
Capital & Coast/Hutt 528,497 3.27% 1,122.8
Counties Manukau 1,573,508 3.50% 2,656.0
Hawkes Bay 155,607 2.92% 891.7
Lakes 133,886 2.24% 1,170.0
MidCentral 151,288 3.33% 832.2
Nelson Marlborough 151,755 3.50% 963.3
Northland 287,315 2.45% 1,485.1
South Canterbury 42,666 3.18% 696.9
Southern 384,456 4.61% 1,146.8
Tairawhiti 36,404 2.65% 707.7
Taranaki 157,845 3.25% 1,282.4
Waikato 707,371 3.14% 1,643.9
Wairarapa 42,976 3.34% 884.0
Waitemata 1,392,655 2.83% 2,213.5
Whanganui 40,488 3.28% 593.3
Unknown 253,071 2.18% NA
Total 8,428,424 3.19% 1,685.5

Tests by ethnicity

Tests by ethnicity from 22 January 2020 to 19 May 2025

Ethnicity* Total test Tested positive (%) Test rate per 1000 people
Māori 1,283,505 3.15% 1,674.1
Pacific Peoples 988,967 5.02% 2,688.1
Asian 1,370,603 2.94% 1,865.5
European or Other 4,420,343 3.00% 1,422.1
Unknown 365,006 1.68% NA
Total 8,428,424 3.19% 1,685.5

 

*The prioritised ethnicity classification system is used in this table and below. This means each person is allocated to a single ethnic group, based on the ethnic groups they identify with. Where people identify with more than one group, they are assigned in this order of priority: Māori, Pacific Peoples, Asian, and European/Other. So, if a person identifies as being Māori and New Zealand European, the person is counted as Māori.

Ngā tapuae me ngā raraunga: Methods and data sources

The data categorized by ethnicity come from National Health Index (NHI) data collection, linked to data held in the EpiSurv database.

Testing rates per 1,000 people by location and ethnicity

Percentage of tests returning a positive result by district and ethnicity from 22 January 2020 to 19 May 2025

Location Māori Pacific peoples Asian European/Other
Auckland 3,020.3 2,823.5 2,039.9 2,272.8
Bay of Plenty 1,245.6 2,248.7 1,445.8 1,074.1
Canterbury/West Coast 1,227.6 1,395.2 1,258.4 1,054.0
Capital & Coast/Hutt 1,165.3 1,288.1 1,053.2 1,100.7
Counties Manukau 2,879.1 3,294.9 2,300.9 2,323.4
Hawkes Bay 852.7 1,899.1 1,039.3 820.2
Lakes 1,324.9 1,540.4 1,435.4 1,021.3
MidCentral 942.5 1,109.3 868.1 775.5
Nelson Marlborough 1,049.8 2,620.6 1,098.8 894.2
Northland 1,565.9 1,940.5 1,426.3 1,417.2
South Canterbury 844.3 1,353.3 782.2 649.9
Southern 1,237.5 1,805.4 1,295.6 1,097.4
Tairawhiti 730.2 1,133.3 1,024.4 627.0
Taranaki 1,484.4 1,680.7 1,617.9 1,201.1
Waikato 1,926.2 2,208.4 1,837.0 1,506.4
Wairarapa 980.2 1,148.4 998.7 844.9
Waitemata 2,733.9 2,875.5 1,869.1 2,181.5
Whanganui 612.2 713.3 672.1 569.9

Note: some people are tested more than once. We cannot give you detailed information about tests in your district, city or town, as we must protect the privacy of the people concerned.

Percentage of tests returning a positive result by district and ethnicity

Percentage of tests returning a positive result by district and ethnicity from 22 January 2020 to 19 May 2025

Location Māori Pacific peoples Asian European/Other
Auckland 3.26% 5.12% 2.82% 2.59%
Bay of Plenty 2.92% 4.55% 3.18% 2.53%
Canterbury/West Coast 3.99% 5.68% 3.39% 4.55%
Capital & Coast/Hutt 3.09% 4.90% 2.96% 3.17%
Counties Manukau 3.40% 5.28% 2.77% 2.21%
Hawkes Bay 2.72% 3.12% 3.42% 2.97%
Lakes 2.12% 2.85% 1.75% 2.39%
MidCentral 2.80% 5.40% 2.90% 3.46%
Nelson Marlborough 3.43% 4.68% 4.58% 3.42%
Northland 2.46% 2.68% 2.17% 2.46%
South Canterbury 2.28% 4.56% 2.85% 3.29%
Southern 4.12% 5.08% 5.44% 4.58%
Tairawhiti 2.33% 3.77% 1.82% 3.12%
Taranaki 3.40% 3.84% 3.25% 3.22%
Waikato 3.46% 5.23% 3.72% 2.74%
Wairarapa 3.15% 4.50% 3.34% 3.35%
Waitemata 3.10% 4.61% 2.79% 2.50%
Whanganui 3.44% 5.02% 2.48% 3.20%

 

Note: we cannot give the total number of people testing positive per district and ethnicity for privacy reasons.

Testing rate and results by age and sex

Tests by age group from 22 January 2020 to 19 May 2025

Age group Total people tested Tested positive (%) Test rate per 1000 people
0 to 9 623,399 3.66% 954.4
10 to 19 690,665 3.80% 1,078.2
20 to 29 1,510,694 2.72% 2,240.7
30 to 39 1,546,858 2.50% 2,244.8
40 to 49 1,197,323 2.39% 1,908.3
50 to 59 1,194,761 2.42% 1,867.5
60 to 69 877,791 3.08% 1,641.5
70 to 79 457,785 5.51% 1,278.3
80+ 324,431 9.24% 1,769.7
Unknown 4,717 8.84% NA
Total 8,428,424 3.19% 1,685.5

 

Tests by sex from 22 January 2020 to 19 May 2025

Sex Total people tested Tested positive (%) Test rate per 1000 people
Female 4,124,748 3.27% 1,617.6
Male 4,052,345 3.19% 1,655.0
Unknown 251,331 1.81% NA
Total 8,428,424 3.19% 1,685.5

Note: On 4 January 2022, the Ministry of Health started reporting testing rates using the Ministry's HSU population estimate.