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Last updated 2pm 4 August 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 3 August 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                      77 ↑

                      148 ¯

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       69

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        0 ¯

                    4,749

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 632
Reinfections 395
Reinfections (< 90 days) 11
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2734313
Reinfections 426722
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27193

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 577 2729022
Deceased* 1 4749*

 

*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 2788 194 2982 -1
COVID as contributory 1605 162 1767 2
COVID-attributed total 4393 356 4749 1
Not COVID 2365 0* 2365 2
Not available 283 0 283 10
Total 7041 356 7397 13*

*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 13 people whose deaths we are reporting today: one was from Northland, two were from Auckland region, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Taranaki, one was from MidCentral, two were from Wellington region, one was from Canterbury, four were from Southern.

Four were in their 60s, two were in their 70s, three were in their 80s and four were aged over 90. Of these people, six were women and seven were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 632 2687737
Probable 0 46576
Total 632* 2734313

*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

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.

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 45 260192 342 260579 51
Bay of Plenty 21 120420 228 120669 27
Canterbury 54 364392 624 365070 69
Capital and Coast 38 198065 215 198318 52
Counties Manukau 41 306147 368 306556 47
Hawke's Bay 15 89921 194 90130 18
Hutt Valley 34 96299 112 96445 39
Lakes 4 53334 124 53462 4
Mid Central 38 101823 250 102111 40
Nelson Marlborough 10 84445 200 84655 11
Northland 20 85577 185 85782 22
South Canterbury 6 36527 61 36594 8
Southern 84 201996 461 202541 100
Tairāwhiti 1 27803 51 27855 1
Taranaki 15 68948 154 69117 16
Unknown 0 2463 9 2472 0
Waikato 47 219205 482 219734 52
Wairarapa 2 27162 74 27238 3
Waitematā 55 327490 501 328046 58
West Coast 5 16520 25 16550 6
Whanganui 7 36164 84 36255 8
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 542 2729022 4749 2734313 632

*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.