COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 24 August 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 24 August 2021 unless otherwise stated.

Data is collected from the EpiSurv database (administered by ESR) unless otherwise stated.

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August 2021 community cluster demographics

Total number of cases: 148

Number of cases by sex
Sex Number of cases % of Total
Female 74 50%
Male 73 49%
Unknown 1 1%
Number of cases by age group
Age group (years) Number of cases % of Total
0 to 9 14 9%
10 to 19 32 22%
20 to 29 47 32%
30 to 39 10 7%
40 to 49 13 9%
50 to 59 19 13%
60 to 69 9 6%
70+ 4 3%
Number of cases by ethnicity
Prioritised ethnicity* Number of cases % of Total
Māori 1 1%
Pacific Peoples 104 70%
Asian 13 9%
European or Other 28 19%
Unknown 2 1%

* 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 and ethnicity

Total cases and tests by ethnicity
  Total cases since first NZ case Total tests for COVID-19 to date
Māori 211 360,930
Pacific peoples 317 319,371
Asian 811 464,743
European/other 1,732 1,492,613
Unknown 25 125,572
Total 3,096 2,763,229

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 1 205 5 211 6.8%
Pacific peoples 110 206 1 317 10.2%
Asian 24 787 0 811 26.2%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 5 148 2 155 5%
European or Other 36 1523 18 1577 50.9%
Unknown 7 18 0 25 0.8%
Total 183 2887 26 3096 100%

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 18 158 0 176 5.7%
10 to 19 38 245 0 283 9.1%
20 to 29 54 695 0 749 24.2%
30 to 39 15 603 0 618 20%
40 to 49 18 421 0 439 14.2%
50 to 59 22 397 3 422 13.6%
60 to 69 13 245 3 261 8.4%
70 to 79 4 93 7 104 3.4%
80 to 89 1 26 8 35 1.1%
90+ 0 4 5 9 0.3%
Total 183 2887 26 3096 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 88 1412 12 1512 49%
Male 94 1473 14 1581 51%
Unknown 1 2 0 3 0%
Total 183 2887 26 3096 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 4 1
20 to 29 8 1
30 to 39 20 2
40 to 49 21 3
50 to 59 34 4
60 to 69 26 4
70 to 79 19 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 4 0
Total 145 19

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 70 6
Male 75 13
Total 145 19

Note: To protect privacy ICU status has not been updated since June 15, 2021


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 24 August 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 24 August 2021 (CSV, 220 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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