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Last updated 2pm 13 January 2025.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 12 January 2025.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                    127 ↑

                   240 ↑

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                       88

                       **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        4 ↑

                    4,538

 

* 7 day rolling average

** Not available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 1099
Reinfections 686
Reinfections (< 90 days) 3
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2714760
Reinfections 4140291
Reinfections (< 90 days) 27086

 

Case outcomes since first New Zealand case 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 1044 2709334
Deceased* 26 4538*

 

*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 2682 168 2850 16
COVID as contributory 1552 136 1688 10
COVID-attributed total 4234 304 4538 26
Not COVID 2232 0* 2232 11
Not available 257 0 257 -21
Total 6723 304 7027 16*

 

*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 16 people whose deaths we are reporting today: eight were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Lakes, one was from Hawke's Bay, one was from Wellington region, one was from Nelson Marlborough, two were from Southern.

 

One was aged between 10 and 19 years, two were in their 50s, ten were in their 80s and three were aged over 90. Of these people, six were women and ten were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 1098 2668236
Probable 1 46524
Total 1099* 2714760

 

*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 72 258442 316 258830 93
Bay of Plenty 37 119687 216 119940 46
Canterbury 93 361955 611 362659 116
Capital and Coast 101 196223 201 196525 129
Counties Manukau 113 304142 355 304610 128
Hawke's Bay 23 89322 189 89534 31
Hutt Valley 27 95511 108 95646 32
Lakes 6 53047 119 53172 9
Mid Central 28 101159 239 101426 48
Nelson Marlborough 27 83730 190 83947 30
Northland 36 85004 172 85212 39
South Canterbury 2 36254 59 36315 4
Southern 50 200299 439 200788 68
Tairāwhiti 22 27640 51 27713 30
Taranaki 21 68425 147 68593 27
Unknown 6 2428 9 2443 8
Waikato 89 217629 460 218178 101
Wairarapa 4 26983 73 27060 4
Waitematā 121 324944 475 325540 141
West Coast 2 16414 23 16439 4
Whanganui 8 35967 81 36056 11
At the Border* 0 4129 5 4134 0
Total 888 2709334 4538 2714760 1099

 

*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.