COVID-19: Current cases

Information about confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.

Last updated 1pm 29 November 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 29 November 2021 unless otherwise stated.

Data is collected from the EpiSurv database (administered by ESR) unless otherwise stated.

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Current situation

Summary
New cases reported during the past 24 hours 185
Active cases At the border 46
In the community 5710
Under investigation/other 0
Total 5756
Most recent case reported 29 November 2021
Most recent case reported due to community transmission (spread within our communities) 29 November 2021
All case outcomes since first New Zealand case
COVID-19 cases Change in last 24 hours Total
Active 175 5756
Recovered 9 5645
Deceased 0 43

Case details

Number of active cases
  Change in last 24 hours Total at present Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 175 5748 11074
Probable 0 8 370
Total 175 5756 11444
Location of active cases
  Change in last 24 hours Total at present
Self Isolation 68 1209
Isolation Complete 108 3733
Managed Isolation -12 331
New Case Processing -5 151
Hospital 11 93
Other 5 240

Note: At current case levels, to protect privacy, only limited data will be provided about hospitalisations. The ‘other’ category in relation to the location of active cases includes cases with data fields not yet complete in the database and also for locations not covered in the list such as onboard vessels. Hospitalisation data is supplied by Northern Region Health Coordination Center at 9:00 am.

Source of active cases
  Change in last 24 hours Total at present
People who travelled internationally and were diagnosed in managed facilities at the border 3 46
People in close contact with someone who caught COVID-19 while overseas 1 1
Caught COVID-19 from someone locally 170 5122
Caught COVID-19 within NZ, but source is unknown 0 12
Under investigation 1 575
Definitions
Active case - confirmed Confirmed cases are people that have been tested, and the test confirms they have COVID-19 (ie, a positive 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. 
In managed facilities In managed isolation or quarantine facilities; hospitalisation not needed  
Recovered Recovered cases are people who had the virus, where at least 10 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 cases that died who were classified as an active case of COVID-19 at the time of death. In some of these cases, the underlying cause of death may have been unrelated to COVID-19.

 

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Cases reported each day

Daily confirmed and probable cases

Total confirmed and probable cases over time
New COVID-19 cases reported each day

 

This graph shows the count of all cases of COVID-19 every day (all cases - active, recovered and deceased) since the first New Zealand case in late February 2020. The graph shows the rapidly increasing number of cases day-by-day from late March until the rate slowed through April as the restrictions during Alert Levels 4 and 3 took hold. The number of active cases increased rapidly until mid-April, peaked in early-April during Alert Level 4, and then decreased to low levels of active cases remaining each day from late-May, mainly at the border isolation facilities. Cases increased again from mid-August due to the Auckland August cluster.


COVID-19 by location

Total cases by DHB

Total cases of COVID-19 by DHB

 

This bar graph shows the total cases and their status by District Health Board (DHB) and in managed isolation and quarantine facilities.

The Managed Isolation and Quarantine data group shows the number of cases in managed isolation or quarantine facilities. They are not included in the DHB totals. Before 17 June, people in managed isolation or quarantine facilities were included in the total of the relevant DHB.

Managed isolation and quarantine facilities are located in Auckland (Auckland DHB), Hamilton (Waikato DHB), Rotorua (Lakes DHB), Wellington (Capital and Coast DHB) and Christchurch (Canterbury DHB).

Total cases by location
Location Active Recovered Deceased Total Change in last 24 hours
Auckland 1221 722 4 1947 45
Bay of Plenty 48 48 0 96 0
Canterbury 5 160 12 177 0
Capital and Coast 1 111 2 114 0
Counties Manukau 2448 1479 6 3933 90
Hawke's Bay 1 44 0 45 0
Hutt Valley 0 24 0 24 0
Lakes 23 19 0 42 0
Mid Central 4 34 0 38 0
Nelson Marlborough 0 50 0 50 0
Northland 28 82 0 110 5
South Canterbury 0 17 0 17 0
Southern 0 215 2 217 0
Tairāwhiti 0 4 0 4 0
Taranaki 0 22 0 22 0
Waikato 260 373 2 635 10
Wairarapa 3 8 0 11 0
Waitematā 1668 858 13 2539 31
West Coast 0 4 1 5 0
Whanganui 0 9 0 9 0
Managed Isolation & Quarantine 46 1362 1 1409 3
Total 5756 5645 43 11444 184*

*There are 185 new cases today. A previously reported community case has been identified as a duplicate record and removed from our numbers. Therefore, the net change is 184.


Note: we cannot give detailed information about cases in your district, city or town, as we must protect the privacy of the people concerned.

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