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Last updated 2pm 6 January 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 5 January 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                    123 ↓

                   233 ↓ 

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       91

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        0 

                    4,512

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 1068
Reinfections 701
Reinfections (< 90 days) 7
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2713661
Reinfections 413343
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27083

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 3224 2708290
Deceased* 1 4512*

 

*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 2666 168 2834 1
COVID as contributory 1542 136 1678 0
COVID-attributed total 4208 304 4512 1
Not COVID 2221 0* 2221 1
Not available 278 0 278 26
Total 6707 304 7011 28*

 

*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 28 people whose deaths we are reporting today: 19 were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from MidCentral, two were from Canterbury, three were from Southern.

 

Two were in their 50s, one was in their 60s, five were in their 70s, 13 were in their 80s and seven were aged over 90. Of these people, 11 were women and 17 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 2711 2667138
Probable 5 46523
Total 2716* 2713661

 

*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 cases in the last week
Auckland 82 258343 312 258737 102
Bay of Plenty 48 119632 214 119894 52
Canterbury 87 361847 609 362543 114
Capital and Coast 76 196120 200 196396 114
Counties Manukau 122 304006 354 304482 146
Hawke's Bay 21 89294 188 89503 28
Hutt Valley 18 95488 108 95614 26
Lakes 14 53030 119 53163 17
Mid Central 29 101111 238 101378 34
Nelson Marlborough 19 83709 189 83917 24
Northland 20 84981 172 85173 24
South Canterbury 10 36242 59 36311 11
Southern 74 200211 435 200720 89
Tairāwhiti 6 27626 51 27683 7
Taranaki 17 68402 147 68566 22
Unknown 0 2426 9 2435 0
Waikato 87 217532 458 218077 102
Wairarapa 9 26974 73 27056 11
Waitematā 105 324826 468 325399 129
West Coast 5 16407 23 16435 5
Whanganui 10 35954 81 36045 11
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 859 2708290 4512 2713661 1068

 

*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.