COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 22 March 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 22 March 2021 unless otherwise stated.

Change to the updating schedule for this page

Data on this page is now updated on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

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 201 261,080
Pacific peoples 190 221,026
Asian 510 293,023
European/other 1,550 996,366
Unknown 11 81,062
Total 2,462 1,852,557

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 0 196 5 201 8.2%
Pacific peoples 1 188 1 190 7.7%
Asian 42 468 0 510 20.7%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 5 98 2 105 4.3%
European or Other 15 1412 18 1445 58.7%
Unknown 0 11 0 11 0.4%
Total 63 2373 26 2462 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 5 105 0 110 4.5%
10 to 19 4 220 0 224 9.1%
20 to 29 16 570 0 586 23.8%
30 to 39 26 447 0 473 19.2%
40 to 49 6 348 0 354 14.4%
50 to 59 5 340 3 348 14.1%
60 to 69 1 229 3 233 9.5%
70 to 79 0 86 7 93 3.8%
80 to 89 0 24 8 32 1.3%
90+ 0 4 5 9 0.4%
Total 63 2373 26 2462 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 24 1235 12 1271 52%
Male 39 1138 14 1191 48%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 63 2373 26 2462 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 23 4
70 to 79 18 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 4 0
Total 126 18

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 65 6
Male 61 12
Total 126 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 22 March 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 22 March 2021 (CSV, 162 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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