Last updated 2pm 18 September 2023.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 17 September 2023.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                  436 ↓

                    552 ↓

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                  186

                       2

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                      3 ↑

                  3,329

* 7 day rolling average

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 3095
Reinfections
1351
Reinfections (< 90 days) 30
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2464470
Reinfections 265178
Reinfections (< 90 days) 25018


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case
 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 3463 2458089
Deceased* 20 3329*

 

*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 2025 59 2084 13
COVID as contributory 1182 63 1245 7
COVID-attributed total 3207 122 3329 20
Not COVID 1443 0* 1443 9
Not available 154 1 155 1
Total 4804 123 4927 30*

*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 30 people whose deaths we are reporting today: nine were from Auckland region, five were from Waikato, one was from Lakes, one was from Tairawhiti, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, one was from MidCentral, one was from Whanganui, one was from Nelson Marlborough, seven were from Canterbury, two were from South Canterbury.

Three were in their 60s, seven were in their 70s, 12 were in their 80s and eight were aged over 90. Of these people, 15 were women and 15 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

Number of active cases
  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 2478 2383066
Probable 613 81404
Total 3091* 2464470

*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 251 229974 219 230444 251
Bay of Plenty 93 109940 162 110195 94
Canterbury 438 325925 469 326832 439
Capital and Coast 247 171391 150 171788 248
Counties Manukau 257 275816 263 276336 260
Hawke's Bay 118 82225 142 82485 118
Hutt Valley 123 84211 81 84415 123
Lakes 74 49221 104 49399 74
Mid Central 204 90811 175 91190 227
Nelson Marlborough 101 75011 133 75245 108
Northland 98 76025 118 76241 98
South Canterbury 30 32934 41 33005 30
Southern 184 180666 295 181145 185
Tairāwhiti 22 25183 39 25244 24
Taranaki 76 62581 117 62774 76
Unknown 4 1981 6 1991 5
Waikato 229 196392 329 196950 229
Wairarapa 47 24115 57 24219 47
Waitematā 383 288896 335 289614 385
West Coast 28 15009 16 15053 28
Whanganui 45 32490 72 32607 46
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 3052 2458089 3329 2464470 3095

* 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.