COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 06 March 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 06 March 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 198 245,864
Pacific peoples 189 197,512
Asian 466 230,617
European/other 1,530 913,312
Unknown 15 185,175
Total 2,398 1,772,480

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 2 191 5 198 8.3%
Pacific peoples 2 186 1 189 7.9%
Asian 33 433 0 466 19.4%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 12 88 2 102 4.3%
European or Other 17 1393 18 1428 59.5%
Unknown 5 10 0 15 0.6%
Total 71 2301 26 2398 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 5 102 0 107 4.5%
10 to 19 7 212 0 219 9.1%
20 to 29 21 549 0 570 23.8%
30 to 39 15 433 0 448 18.7%
40 to 49 10 336 0 346 14.4%
50 to 59 8 332 3 343 14.3%
60 to 69 4 224 3 231 9.6%
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 71 2301 26 2398 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 30 1206 12 1248 52%
Male 41 1095 14 1150 48%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 71 2301 26 2398 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 28 4
60 to 69 22 4
70 to 79 18 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 4 0
Total 125 18

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 65 6
Male 60 12
Total 125 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 06 March 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 06 March 2021 (CSV, 157 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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