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Last updated 2pm 23 June 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 22 June 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                  104 ↓

                      186 ↓

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       79 ↑

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        1

                    4,678

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 869
Reinfections 565
Reinfections (< 90 days) 3
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2729851
Reinfections 423945
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27161

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 909 2724446
Deceased* 6 4678*

 

*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 2752 189 2941 3
COVID as contributory 1585 152 1737 3
COVID-attributed total 4337 341 4678 6
Not COVID 2332 0* 2332 5
Not available 279 0 279 11
Total 6948 341 7289 22*

 

*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 22 people whose deaths we are reporting today: two were from Northland, four were from Auckland region, five were from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, two were from Lakes, one was from Nelson Marlborough, two were from Canterbury, five were from Southern.

Two were less than 10 years old, one was in their 60s, four were in their 70s, 13 were in their 80s and two were aged over 90

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 871 2683276
Probable -2 46575
Total 869* 2729851

 

*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 55 259890 335 260280 58
Bay of Plenty 23 120261 223 120507 31
Canterbury 111 363628 617 364356 140
Capital and Coast 54 197652 212 197918 59
Counties Manukau 78 305790 364 306232 95
Hawke's Bay 11 89774 194 89979 14
Hutt Valley 31 96062 109 96202 35
Lakes 9 53290 122 53421 13
Mid Central 29 101648 246 101923 31
Nelson Marlborough 30 84279 198 84507 35
Northland 14 85469 178 85661 15
South Canterbury 14 36449 59 36522 25
Southern 83 201495 452 202030 110
Tairāwhiti 5 27768 51 27824 5
Taranaki 18 68804 153 68975 20
Unknown 1 2456 9 2466 1
Waikato 57 218850 476 219383 68
Wairarapa 12 27119 74 27205 12
Waitematā 89 327021 496 327606 98
West Coast 0 16499 23 16522 0
Whanganui 3 36113 82 36198 4
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 727 2724446 4678 2729851 869

 

*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.