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COVID-19: Case demographics

Full details of the confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.

Last updated 1pm 27 February 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 27 February 2021 unless otherwise stated.

Data on this page is now updated daily.

Data is collected from the EpiSurv database (administered by ESR) unless otherwise stated.

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COVID-19 and ethnicity

Total cases and tests by ethnicity
  Total cases since first NZ case Total tests for COVID-19 to date
Māori 197 239,565
Pacific peoples 189 194,150
Asian 449 235,912
European/other 1,525 896,186
Unknown 12 135,549
Total 2,372 1,701,362

Note: This table shows the number of tests, and some people are tested more than once.

Cases by ethnicity

COVID-19 cases by ethnicity - the table following this image contains relevant data

Cases of COVID-19 by ethnicity
Ethnicity* Active (confirmed and probable) Recovered Deceased Total cases since first case Percentage of all cases
Māori 2 190 5 197 8.3%
Pacific peoples 3 185 1 189 8%
Asian 31 418 0 449 18.9%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 10 86 2 98 4.1%
European or Other 18 1391 18 1427 60.2%
Unknown 2 10 0 12 0.5%
Total 66 2280 26 2372 100%

* The prioritised ethnicity classification system is used in this table and below. This means each person is allocated to a single ethnic group, based on the ethnic groups they identify with. Where people identify with more than one group, they are assigned in this order of priority: Māori, Pacific Peoples, Asian, and European/Other. So, if a person identifies as being Māori and New Zealand European, the person is counted as Māori. See Ngā tapuae me ngā raraunga: Methods and data sources for further information.

The data categorized by ethnicity come from National Health Index (NHI) data collection, linked to data held in the EpiSurv database.


COVID-19 by age and sex

Cases by age

COVID-19 cases by age - the table after this image contains relevant data

COVID-19 cases by age group
Age group Active (confirmed and probable) Recovered Deceased Total cases Percentage of all cases
0 to 9 5 101 0 106 4.5%
10 to 19 13 206 0 219 9.2%
20 to 29 11 545 0 556 23.4%
30 to 39 15 429 0 444 18.7%
40 to 49 13 330 0 343 14.5%
50 to 59 5 332 3 340 14.3%
60 to 69 3 224 3 230 9.7%
70 to 79 1 85 7 93 3.9%
80 to 89 0 24 8 32 1.3%
90+ 0 4 5 9 0.4%
Total 66 2280 26 2372 100%

Cases by sex

Total cases of COVID-19 by sex
Sex Active (confirmed and probable) Recovered Deceased Total cases Percentage of all cases
Female 31 1193 12 1236 52%
Male 35 1087 14 1136 48%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 66 2280 26 2372 100%

Cases by hospitalisation and intensive care

Cases in hospital and in intensive care (ICU) by age 

Age group Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
0 to 9 1 0
10 to 19 3 1
20 to 29 7 1
30 to 39 17 1
40 to 49 17 3
50 to 59 27 4
60 to 69 22 4
70 to 79 18 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 4 0
Total 124 18

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 64 6
Male 60 12
Total 124 18

Details of past cases

We publish details about every person with COVID-19 (confirmed or probable) in a downloadable spreadsheet below. For privacy reasons, this data only includes:

  • Date potential case was notified
  • Sex of case
  • Age group of case
  • DHB where the case lives - listed as "Managed isolation & quarantine" for border cases
  • If the case is related to overseas travel

This file covers all cases from 26 February 2020 to 27 February 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 27 February 2021 (CSV, 155 KB)

Researchers can request detailed data on COVID-19 in New Zealand by sending an email to the Ministry of Health Data Services team - [email protected]

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