Last updated 2pm 8 April 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 7 April 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                483 ↓

                    584 ↑

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                  145

                     **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                      2 ↑

                 3,936

* 7 day rolling average

** Not currently available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 3385
Reinfections 2109
Reinfections (< 90 days) 37
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2624496
Reinfections 356816
Reinfections (< 90 days) 26294


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 3391 2617182
Deceased* 13 3936*

*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 2345 122 2467 5
COVID as contributory 1363 106 1469 8
COVID-attributed total 3708 228 3936 13
Not COVID 1782 0* 1782 9
Not available 232 0 232 6
Total 5722 228 5950 28*

*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 28 people whose deaths we are reporting today: two were from Northland, six were from Auckland region, five were from Waikato, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, five were from Wellington region, four were from Canterbury, three were from Southern, one was unknown.

One was in their 30s, three were in their 50s, one was in their 60s, nine were in their 70s, five were in their 80s and nine were aged over 90. Of these people, 13 were women and 15 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 3228 2580385
Probable 157 44111
Total 3385* 2624496

*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. For more details, see the 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.

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 graph shows:

  • 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 210 246509 265 246984 209
Bay of Plenty 158 115124 183 115465 158
Canterbury 541 346590 547 347678 540
Capital and Coast 298 185659 176 186133 300
Counties Manukau 291 293166 318 293775 294
Hawke's Bay 78 86161 168 86407 78
Hutt Valley 130 90792 98 91020 130
Lakes 58 51403 111 51572 58
Mid Central 152 96670 206 97028 152
Nelson Marlborough 139 79699 156 79994 139
Northland 121 81192 144 81457 121
South Canterbury 45 34747 44 34836 45
Southern 306 192539 373 193218 307
Tairāwhiti 22 26653 44 26719 22
Taranaki 86 65805 128 66019 86
Unknown 3 2270 9 2282 4
Waikato 263 208697 391 209351 264
Wairarapa 48 25616 64 25728 48
Waitematā 356 310228 405 310989 357
West Coast 29 15835 22 15886 29
Whanganui 44 34535 78 34657 44
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 3378 2617182 3936 2624496 3385

* 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.