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Last updated 2pm 15 September 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 14 September 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                      40 ↓

                      106 

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       37

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        0 ↓

                    4,789

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 319
Reinfections 176
Reinfections (< 90 days) 3
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2737183
Reinfections 428433
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27215

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 329 2732111
Deceased* 2 4789*

 

*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 2794 206 3000 2
COVID as contributory 1620 169 1789 0
COVID-attributed total 4414 375 4789 2
Not COVID 2367 0* 2367 1
Not available 329 0 329 11
Total 7110 375 7485 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 15 people whose deaths we are reporting today: six were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, two were from MidCentral, three were from Wellington region, one was from Canterbury, one was from South Canterbury

Two were in their 50s, two were in their 60s, one was in their 70s, six were in their 80s and four were aged over 90. Of these people, five were women and ten 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 318 2690604
Probable 1 46579
Total 319* 2737183

*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 22 260468 345 260835 27
Bay of Plenty 10 120541 229 120780 10
Canterbury 27 364725 626 365378 30
Capital and Coast 27 198337 216 198580 29
Counties Manukau 20 306372 378 306770 20
Hawke's Bay 5 90007 195 90207 5
Hutt Valley 11 96486 113 96610 15
Lakes 6 53366 125 53497 7
Mid Central 22 102039 253 102314 25
Nelson Marlborough 12 84541 201 84754 15
Northland 27 85721 188 85936 30
South Canterbury 1 36554 62 36617 1
Southern 17 202290 462 202769 24
Tairāwhiti 0 27812 51 27863 0
Taranaki 14 69043 155 69212 15
Unknown 0 2466 9 2475 0
Waikato 28 219444 484 219956 30
Wairarapa 4 27188 75 27267 4
Waitematā 28 327811 506 328345 28
West Coast 0 16564 25 16589 0
Whanganui 2 36207 86 36295 4
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 283 2732111 4789 2737183 319

 

*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.