COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 12 April 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 12 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 203 271,044
Pacific peoples 194 231,006
Asian 604 312,161
European/other 1,567 1,042,842
Unknown 15 87,830
Total 2,583 1,944,883

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 1 197 5 203 7.9%
Pacific peoples 3 190 1 194 7.5%
Asian 79 525 0 604 23.4%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 7 103 2 112 4.3%
European or Other 8 1429 18 1455 56.3%
Unknown 2 13 0 15 0.6%
Total 100 2457 26 2583 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 10 112 0 122 4.7%
10 to 19 4 222 0 226 8.7%
20 to 29 29 594 0 623 24.1%
30 to 39 36 481 0 517 20%
40 to 49 10 353 0 363 14.1%
50 to 59 5 351 3 359 13.9%
60 to 69 2 230 3 235 9.1%
70 to 79 3 86 7 96 3.7%
80 to 89 1 24 8 33 1.3%
90+ 0 4 5 9 0.3%
Total 100 2457 26 2583 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 42 1268 12 1322 51%
Male 58 1189 14 1261 49%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 100 2457 26 2583 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 12 April 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 12 April 2021 (CSV, 172 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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