Last updated 2pm 18 November 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 17 November 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                    202 ↑ 

                   277 ↑ 

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       76

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        1  

                    4,470

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 1411
Reinfections 947
Reinfections (< 90 days) 7
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2703468
Reinfections 406646
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27051

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 1388 2697588
Deceased* 4 4470*

 

*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 2641 165 2806 3
COVID as contributory 1531 133 1664 1
COVID-attributed total 4172 298 4470 4
Not COVID 2181 0* 2181 3
Not available 249 0 249 6
Total 6602 298 6900 13*

 

*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 13 people whose deaths we are reporting today: one was from Northland, one was from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, two were from Hawke's Bay, four were from MidCentral, three were from Wellington region.

One was less than 10 years old, one was aged between 10 and 19 years, four were in their 60s, six were in their 80s and one was aged over 90. Of these people, six were women and seven were men..

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 1408 2656962
Probable 3 46506
Total 1411* 2703468

 

*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

138

257112

306

257556

139

Bay of Plenty

43

119326

212

119581

43

Canterbury

138

360703

608

361449

138

Capital and Coast

174

194901

198

195273

174

Counties Manukau

151

302800

352

303303

151

Hawke's Bay

65

88956

184

89205

65

Hutt Valley

63

95058

108

95229

63

Lakes

20

52923

119

53062

20

Mid Central

61

100732

233

101026

62

Nelson Marlborough

29

83487

186

83702

29

Northland

58

84650

172

84880

58

South Canterbury

11

36133

58

36202

11

Southern

115

199405

434

199954

115

Tairāwhiti

5

27545

50

27600

5

Taranaki

24

68178

146

68348

24

Unknown

5

2410

9

2424

5

Waikato

103

216684

455

217242

103

Wairarapa

8

26887

73

26968

8

Waitematā

185

323336

459

323980

184

West Coast

6

16361

23

16390

6

Whanganui

8

35872

80

35960

8

At the Border*

0

4129

5

4134

0

Total

1410

2697588

4470

2703468

1411

 

*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.