Last updated 2pm 25 September 2023.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 24 September 2023.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                  426 ↓

                    530 ↓

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                  175

                       3

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                      

                  3,347

* 7 day rolling average

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 2998
Reinfections 1288
Reinfections (< 90 days) 41
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2467468
Reinfections 266466
Reinfections (< 90 days) 25059


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case
 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 3055 2461144
Deceased* 18 3347*

 

*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 2035 61 2096 12
COVID as contributory 1186 65 1251 6
COVID-attributed total 3221 126 3347 18
Not COVID 1449 0* 1449 6
Not available 158 0 158 3
Total 4828 126 4954 27*

 

*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 27 people whose deaths we are reporting today: two were from Northland, eight were from Auckland region, three were from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, four were from MidCentral, one was from Wellington region, one was from Nelson Marlborough, four were from Canterbury, three were from Southern.

One was in their 20s, one was in their 40s, one was in their 50s, five were in their 60s, three were in their 70s, 12 were in their 80s and four were aged over 90. Of these people, 14 were women and 13 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 2372 2385438
Probable 626 82030
Total 2998* 2467468

*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 269 230225 219 230713 269
Bay of Plenty 110 110033 162 110305 110
Canterbury 456 326363 472 327291 459
Capital and Coast 206 171638 150 171994 207
Counties Manukau 289 276073 263 276625 289
Hawke's Bay 112 82343 142 82597 112
Hutt Valley 128 84334 81 84543 128
Lakes 50 49296 104 49450 50
Mid Central 198 91030 177 91405 215
Nelson Marlborough 82 75112 133 75327 82
Northland 105 76123 118 76346 104
South Canterbury 23 32964 41 33028 23
Southern 198 180849 296 181343 198
Tairāwhiti 17 25205 39 25261 17
Taranaki 57 62656 118 62831 57
Unknown 3 1986 6 1995 4
Waikato 230 196616 333 197179 230
Wairarapa 41 24161 58 24260 41
Waitematā 362 289274 340 289976 362
West Coast 15 15037 16 15068 15
Whanganui 26 32534 73 32633 26
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 2977 2461144 3347 2467468 2998

* 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.