Last updated 2pm 11 December 2023.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 10 December 2023.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                  999 ↑

                    1,100 ↑

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                  336

                        5

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                      4 ↑

                3,596

* 7 day rolling average

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 7880
Reinfections 4286
Reinfections (< 90 days) 49
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2526109
Reinfections 296135
Reinfections (< 90 days) 25442


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case
 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 6647 2515522
Deceased* 27 3596*

*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 2160 81 2241 14
COVID as contributory 1270 85 1355 13
COVID-attributed total 3430 166 3596 27
Not COVID 1560 0* 1560 12
Not available 189 0 189 1
Total 5179 166 5345 40*

*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 40 people whose deaths we are reporting today: two were from Northland, 15 were from Auckland region, three were from Waikato, two were from Bay of Plenty, one was from Hawke's Bay, three were from MidCentral, four were from Wellington region, one was from Nelson Marlborough, four were from Canterbury, one was from West Coast, four were from Southern.

One was in their 30s, one was in their 40s, two were in their 60s, 11 were in their 70s, 18 were in their 80s and seven were aged over 90. Of these people, 16 were women and 24 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 6136 2434052
Probable 878 92057
Total 7014* 2526109

*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 848 236146 239 237233 953
Bay of Plenty 189 111565 171 111925 225
Canterbury 1008 333256 511 334775 1133
Capital and Coast 591 176096 161 176848 664
Counties Manukau 851 282564 280 283695 966
Hawke's Bay 117 83667 158 83942 126
Hutt Valley 233 86508 91 86832 260
Lakes 77 49975 107 50159 93
Mid Central 210 93339 190 93739 247
Nelson Marlborough 190 76633 142 76965 213
Northland 210 77677 125 78012 236
South Canterbury 62 33604 41 33707 66
Southern 420 185269 337 186026 480
Tairāwhiti 44 25666 39 25749 50
Taranaki 146 63689 122 63957 171
Unknown 14 2051 7 2072 20
Waikato 472 200341 355 201168 522
Wairarapa 63 24633 61 24757 69
Waitematā 1153 296881 361 298395 1288
West Coast 36 15352 17 15405 36
Whanganui 57 33318 75 33450 62
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 6991 2515522 3596 2526109 7880

* 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.