Last updated 2pm 25 March 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 24 March 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                577 ↓

                    670 ↑

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                  162

                     **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                      2 ↓

                 3,916

* 7 day rolling average

** Not currently available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 4042
Reinfections 2535
Reinfections (< 90 days) 34
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2617712
Reinfections 352638
Reinfections (< 90 days) 26235


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 4653 2609755
Deceased* 14 3916*

*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 2339 118 2457 10
COVID as contributory 1355 104 1459 4
COVID-attributed total 3694 222 3916 14
Not COVID 1765 0* 1765 4
Not available 227 0 227 -3
Total 5686 222 5908 15*

*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 15 people whose deaths we are reporting today: five were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Bay of Plenty, one was from Tairawhiti, one was from Whanganui, one was from Wellington region, three were from Canterbury, two were from Southern.

One was in their 40s, two were in their 50s, one was in their 60s, three were in their 70s, five were in their 80s and three were aged over 90. Of these people, seven were women and eight were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 73357 2573972
Probable -69315 43740
Total 4042* 2617712

*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. For more details, see the 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

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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 graph shows:

  • 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 305 245925 264 246494 304
Bay of Plenty 134 114878 182 115194 134
Canterbury 643 345424 545 346612 640
Capital and Coast 391 184967 173 185531 392
Counties Manukau 303 292619 315 293237 305
Hawke's Bay 76 85995 167 86238 76
Hutt Valley 172 90483 98 90753 172
Lakes 50 51292 111 51453 50
Mid Central 159 96327 206 96692 159
Nelson Marlborough 142 79420 156 79718 142
Northland 123 80978 143 81244 123
South Canterbury 63 34635 44 34742 63
Southern 397 191836 371 192604 397
Tairāwhiti 35 26586 43 26664 35
Taranaki 88 65635 128 65851 89
Unknown 9 2252 9 2270 9
Waikato 385 208022 389 208796 383
Wairarapa 55 25519 64 25638 55
Waitematā 443 309457 403 310303 446
West Coast 28 15774 21 15823 28
Whanganui 40 34439 78 34557 40
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 4041 2609755 3916 2617712 4042

* 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 by clicking the ‘download’ button on the right hand side of this page: New Zealand COVID-19 data.


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