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Last updated 2pm 21 August 2023.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 20 August 2023.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                  562 ↓

                     804 ↓

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                   158

                       5

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                      2 ↓  

                  3,261

* 7 day rolling average

Current situation summary

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 3953
Reinfections 1816
Reinfections (< 90 days) 70
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2450818
Reinfections 259365
Reinfections (< 90 days) 24864


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 5341 2443623
Deceased* 12 3261*

 

*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 1989 53 2042 7
COVID as contributory 1162 57 1219 5
COVID-attributed total 3151 110 3261 12
Not COVID 1389 0* 1389 4
Not available 161 0 161 21
Total 4701 110 4811 37*

 

*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 37 people whose deaths we are reporting today: three were from Northland, nine were from Auckland region, eight were from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Lakes, one was from Whanganui, five were from Wellington region, four were from Nelson Marlborough, three were from Canterbury, two were from South Canterbury.

One was aged between 10 and 19 years, two were in their 30s, one was in their 40s, two were in their 50s, six were in their 60s, six were in their 70s, 17 were in their 80s and two were aged over 90. Of these people, 14 were women and 23 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

Number of active cases
  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 3287 2372118
Probable 657 78700
Total 3944* 2450818

 

*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

New COVID-19 cases reported each day New COVID-19 cases reported each day 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.

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 305 228849 216 229370 307
Bay of Plenty 134 109493 160 109787 134
Canterbury 580 323718 460 324758 582
Capital and Coast 360 170112 147 170619 360
Counties Manukau 336 274582 256 275174 337
Hawke's Bay 124 81619 139 81882 125
Hutt Valley 169 83635 81 83885 169
Lakes 72 48882 101 49055 72
Mid Central 137 90199 175 90511 138
Nelson Marlborough 89 74654 130 74873 89
Northland 160 75491 114 75765 160
South Canterbury 104 32667 37 32808 105
Southern 253 179733 291 180277 258
Tairāwhiti 96 24931 36 25063 99
Taranaki 130 62161 117 62408 130
Unknown 5 1967 5 1977 6
Waikato 322 195267 319 195908 323
Wairarapa 46 23912 57 24015 46
Waitematā 471 287175 326 287972 472
West Coast 12 14964 16 14992 12
Whanganui 29 32320 72 32421 29
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 3934 2443623 3261 2450818 3953

* 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.