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Last updated 2pm 16 December 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 15 December 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                    165 ↓

                   287 ↓ 

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       85

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        1 

                    4,497

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 1402
Reinfections 937
Reinfections (< 90 days) 6
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2709895
Reinfections 410887
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27068

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 1847 2704242
Deceased* 8 4497*

 

*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 2659 167 2826 5
COVID as contributory 1536 135 1671 3
COVID-attributed total 4195 302 4497 8
Not COVID 2204 0* 2204 9
Not available 265 0 265 1
Total 6664 302 6966 18*

 

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

One was in their 60s, seven were in their 70s, six were in their 80s and four were aged over 90. Of these people, nine were women and nine were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 1397 2663381
Probable 5 46514
Total 1402* 2709895

 

*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 152 257853 310 258315 173
Bay of Plenty 17 119518 214 119749 30
Canterbury 124 361433 609 362166 152
Capital and Coast 119 195722 199 196040 149
Counties Manukau 148 303508 354 304010 171
Hawke's Bay 26 89201 185 89412 33
Hutt Valley 31 95372 108 95511 37
Lakes 10 52988 119 53117 14
Mid Central 39 100986 237 101262 51
Nelson Marlborough 20 83636 189 83845 28
Northland 36 84864 172 85072 46
South Canterbury 10 36199 59 36268 12
Southern 90 199888 435 200413 120
Tairāwhiti 11 27584 50 27645 16
Taranaki 25 68302 146 68473 28
Unknown 2 2424 9 2435 2
Waikato 82 217173 456 217711 93
Wairarapa 6 26941 73 27020 7
Waitematā 193 324206 464 324863 220
West Coast 7 16392 23 16422 9
Whanganui 8 35923 81 36012 11
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 1156 2704242 4497 2709895 1402

 

*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.