COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 27 April 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 27 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 205 277,461
Pacific peoples 195 237,766
Asian 616 325,263
European/other 1,580 1,073,038
Unknown 13 91,290
Total 2,609 2,004,818

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 2 198 5 205 7.9%
Pacific peoples 2 192 1 195 7.5%
Asian 21 595 0 616 23.6%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 4 112 2 118 4.5%
European or Other 7 1437 18 1462 56%
Unknown 0 13 0 13 0.5%
Total 36 2547 26 2609 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 5 121 0 126 4.8%
10 to 19 2 226 0 228 8.7%
20 to 29 8 622 0 630 24.1%
30 to 39 11 511 0 522 20%
40 to 49 4 362 0 366 14%
50 to 59 2 356 3 361 13.8%
60 to 69 2 231 3 236 9%
70 to 79 1 89 7 97 3.7%
80 to 89 1 25 8 34 1.3%
90+ 0 4 5 9 0.3%
Total 36 2547 26 2609 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 17 1307 12 1336 51%
Male 19 1240 14 1273 49%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 36 2547 26 2609 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 24 4
70 to 79 18 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 4 0
Total 128 18

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 66 6
Male 62 12
Total 128 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 April 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 27 April 2021 (CSV, 174 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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