Full details of the confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
Last updated 2:55pm 26 August 2021.
All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 26 August 2021 unless otherwise stated.
Data is collected from the EpiSurv database (administered by ESR) unless otherwise stated.
On this page:
- August 2021 community cluster demographics
- COVID-19 and ethnicity
- COVID-19 by age and sex
- Cases by hospitalisation and intensive care
- Details of all cases
August 2021 community cluster demographics
Total number of cases: 277
| Sex | Number of cases | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 146 | 53% |
| Male | 128 | 46% |
| Unknown | 3 | 1% |
| Age groups (years) | Number of cases | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 32 | 12% |
| 10 to 19 | 59 | 21% |
| 20 to 29 | 81 | 29% |
| 30 to 39 | 21 | 8% |
| 40 to 49 | 29 | 10% |
| 50 to 59 | 36 | 13% |
| 60 to 69 | 11 | 4% |
| 70+ | 8 | 3% |
| Prioritised ethnicity* | Number of cases | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Māori | 6 | 2% |
| Pacific Peoples | 194 | 70% |
| Asian | 28 | 10% |
| European or Other | 36 | 13% |
| Unknown | 13 | 5% |
* 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 since first NZ case | Total tests for COVID-19 to date | |
|---|---|---|
| Māori | 216 | 371,335 |
| Pacific peoples | 407 | 334,964 |
| Asian | 826 | 483,146 |
| European/other | 1,741 | 1,538,212 |
| Unknown | 37 | 127,060 |
| Total | 3,227 | 2,854,717 |
Note: This table shows the number of tests, and some people are tested more than once.
Cases by ethnicity
| Ethnicity* | Active (confirmed and probable) | Recovered | Deceased | Total cases since first case | Percentage of all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Māori | 6 | 205 | 5 | 216 | 6.7% |
| Pacific peoples | 200 | 206 | 1 | 407 | 12.6% |
| Asian | 39 | 787 | 0 | 826 | 25.6% |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) | 5 | 148 | 2 | 155 | 4.8% |
| European or Other | 45 | 1523 | 18 | 1586 | 49.1% |
| Unknown | 19 | 18 | 0 | 37 | 1.1% |
| Total | 314 | 2887 | 26 | 3227 | 100% |
COVID-19 by age and sex
Cases by age
| Age group | Active (confirmed and probable) | Recovered | Deceased | Total cases | Percentage of all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 36 | 158 | 0 | 194 | 6% |
| 10 to 19 | 65 | 245 | 0 | 310 | 9.6% |
| 20 to 29 | 89 | 695 | 0 | 784 | 24.3% |
| 30 to 39 | 27 | 603 | 0 | 630 | 19.5% |
| 40 to 49 | 34 | 421 | 0 | 455 | 14.1% |
| 50 to 59 | 39 | 397 | 3 | 439 | 13.6% |
| 60 to 69 | 15 | 245 | 3 | 263 | 8.1% |
| 70 to 79 | 8 | 93 | 7 | 108 | 3.3% |
| 80 to 89 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 35 | 1.1% |
| 90+ | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.3% |
| Total | 314 | 2887 | 26 | 3227 | 100% |
Cases by sex
| Sex | Active (confirmed and probable) | Recovered | Deceased | Total cases | Percentage of all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 160 | 1412 | 12 | 1584 | 49% |
| Male | 151 | 1473 | 14 | 1638 | 51% |
| Unknown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| Total | 314 | 2887 | 26 | 3227 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 to 29 | 8 | 1 |
| 30 to 39 | 20 | 2 |
| 40 to 49 | 22 | 3 |
| 50 to 59 | 34 | 4 |
| 60 to 69 | 26 | 4 |
| 70 to 79 | 20 | 4 |
| 80 to 89 | 8 | 0 |
| 90+ | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 149 | 19 |
Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex
| Sex | Total people hospitalised | Total people in ICU |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 72 | 6 |
| Male | 77 | 13 |
| Total | 149 | 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 26 August 2021.
COVID-19 case details through 26 August 2021 (CSV, 229 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]