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Last updated 2pm 25 August 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 24 August 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                      62 ↓

                      139 ↓

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       62

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        2 ↑

                    4,776

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 531
Reinfections 302
Reinfections (< 90 days) 3
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2736043
Reinfections 427755
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27208

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 579 2730830
Deceased* 16 4776*

 

*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 2793 200 2993 5
COVID as contributory 1619 164 1783 11
COVID-attributed total 4412 364 4776 16
Not COVID 2366 0* 2366 2
Not available 303 0 303 -2
Total 7081 364 7445 16*

 

*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 16 people whose deaths we are reporting today: one was from Northland, six were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Lakes, two were from Wellington region, one was from Canterbury, one was from West Coast, three were from Southern.

One was in their 60s, four were in their 70s, four were in their 80s and seven were aged over 90. Of these people, ten were women and six 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 531 2689467
Probable 0 46576
Total 531* 2736043

*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

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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 51 260358 345 260754 71
Bay of Plenty 14 120500 228 120742 20
Canterbury 45 364605 626 365276 55
Capital and Coast 43 198221 215 198479 53
Counties Manukau 33 306285 375 306693 40
Hawke's Bay 13 89976 194 90183 18
Hutt Valley 21 96400 113 96534 26
Lakes 7 53352 124 53483 7
Mid Central 32 101950 252 102234 37
Nelson Marlborough 10 84478 201 84689 15
Northland 17 85652 187 85856 17
South Canterbury 3 36542 62 36607 3
Southern 31 202174 462 202667 40
Tairāwhiti 4 27807 51 27862 4
Taranaki 13 69003 154 69170 15
Unknown 0 2465 9 2474 0
Waikato 37 219339 483 219859 40
Wairarapa 4 27176 75 27255 5
Waitematā 43 327692 504 328239 48
West Coast 11 16539 25 16575 11
Whanganui 5 36187 86 36278 6
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 437 2730830 4776 2736043 531

 

*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.