COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 08 April 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 08 April 2021 unless otherwise stated.

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 202 269,107
Pacific peoples 193 229,066
Asian 581 308,495
European/other 1,563 1,034,146
Unknown 16 86,799
Total 2,555 1,927,613

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 0 197 5 202 7.9%
Pacific peoples 2 190 1 193 7.6%
Asian 75 506 0 581 22.7%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 6 103 2 111 4.3%
European or Other 9 1425 18 1452 56.8%
Unknown 3 13 0 16 0.6%
Total 95 2434 26 2555 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 11 109 0 120 4.7%
10 to 19 4 222 0 226 8.8%
20 to 29 28 586 0 614 24%
30 to 39 35 473 0 508 19.9%
40 to 49 8 352 0 360 14.1%
50 to 59 7 348 3 358 14%
60 to 69 1 230 3 234 9.2%
70 to 79 0 86 7 93 3.6%
80 to 89 1 24 8 33 1.3%
90+ 0 4 5 9 0.4%
Total 95 2434 26 2555 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 41 1257 12 1310 51%
Male 54 1177 14 1245 49%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 95 2434 26 2555 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 29 4
60 to 69 23 4
70 to 79 18 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 4 0
Total 127 18

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 65 6
Male 62 12
Total 127 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 08 April 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 08 April 2021 (CSV, 144 KB)

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

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