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Last updated 2pm 9 December 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 8 December 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                    230 ↓

                   325 ↓ 

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       144

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        1 

                    4,489

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 1631
Reinfections 1077
Reinfections (< 90 days) 1
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2708493
Reinfections 409950
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27062

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 1735 2702395
Deceased* 6 4489*

 

*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 2654 167 2821 6
COVID as contributory 1533 135 1668 0
COVID-attributed total 4187 302 4489 6
Not COVID 2195 0* 2195 4
Not available 264 0 264 13
Total 6646 302 6948 23*

 

*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 23 people whose deaths we are reporting today: two were from Northland, nine were from Auckland region, three were from Hawke's Bay, one was from MidCentral, one was from Whanganui, one was from Nelson Marlborough, three were from Canterbury, one was from South Canterbury, two were from Southern.

Two were in their 40s, one was in their 50s, six were in their 60s, five were in their 70s, six were in their 80s and three were aged over 90. Of these people, ten were women and 13 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 1629 2661984
Probable 2 46509
Total 1631* 2708493

 

*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

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 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 case in the last week
Auckland 198 257635 309 258142 201
Bay of Plenty 41 119464 214 119719 42
Canterbury 193 361212 609 362014 194
Capital and Coast 150 195542 199 195891 152
Counties Manukau 186 303300 353 303839 190
Hawke's Bay 53 89142 184 89379 55
Hutt Valley 62 95304 108 95474 62
Lakes 12 52972 119 53103 13
Mid Central 48 100927 236 101211 48
Nelson Marlborough 47 83581 189 83817 49
Northland 45 84809 172 85026 46
South Canterbury 14 36184 58 36256 14
Southern 105 199754 434 200293 108
Tairāwhiti 12 27567 50 27629 13
Taranaki 40 68259 146 68445 40
Unknown 5 2419 9 2433 5
Waikato 138 217024 456 217618 138
Wairarapa 11 26929 73 27013 12
Waitematā 232 323948 463 324643 232
West Coast 3 16387 23 16413 3
Whanganui 14 35907 80 36001 14
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 1609 2702395 4489 2708493 1631

 

*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

 

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