Full details of the confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
Last updated 1pm 20 September 2021.
All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 20 September 2021 unless otherwise stated.
Data is collected from the EpiSurv database (administered by ESR) unless otherwise stated.
On this page:
- 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: 1,071
Number of cases by sex
| Sex | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 558 | 52% |
| Male | 511 | 48% |
| Unknown | 2 | 0% |
Number of cases by age group
| Age group | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 182 | 17% |
| 10 to 19 | 250 | 23.3% |
| 20 to 29 | 274 | 25.6% |
| 30 to 39 | 95 | 8.9% |
| 40 to 49 | 104 | 9.7% |
| 50 to 59 | 105 | 9.8% |
| 60 to 69 | 36 | 3.4% |
| 70+ | 25 | 2.3% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0% |
Number of cases by ethnicity
| Prioritised ethnicity* | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Māori | 145 | 13.5% |
| Pacific peoples | 733 | 68.4% |
| Asian | 89 | 8.3% |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) | 9 | 0.8% |
| European or Other | 84 | 7.8% |
| Unknown | 11 | 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 since first NZ case | Total tests for COVID-19 to date | |
|---|---|---|
| Māori | 357 | 421,253 |
| Pacific peoples | 946 | 398,803 |
| Asian | 925 | 556,691 |
| European/other | 1,822 | 1,727,604 |
| Unknown | 32 | 136,284 |
| Total | 4,082 | 3,240,635 |
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 | 98 | 253 | 6 | 357 | 8.7% |
| Pacific peoples | 231 | 714 | 1 | 946 | 23.2% |
| Asian | 37 | 888 | 0 | 925 | 22.7% |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) | 4 | 161 | 2 | 167 | 4.1% |
| European or Other | 29 | 1608 | 18 | 1655 | 40.5% |
| Unknown | 11 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 0.8% |
| Total | 410 | 3645 | 27 | 4082 | 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
| Age group | Active (confirmed and probable) | Recovered | Deceased | Total cases | Percentage of all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 85 | 268 | 0 | 353 | 8.6% |
| 10 to 19 | 92 | 413 | 0 | 505 | 12.4% |
| 20 to 29 | 95 | 906 | 0 | 1001 | 24.5% |
| 30 to 39 | 47 | 668 | 0 | 715 | 17.5% |
| 40 to 49 | 36 | 498 | 0 | 534 | 13.1% |
| 50 to 59 | 27 | 485 | 3 | 515 | 12.6% |
| 60 to 69 | 15 | 271 | 3 | 289 | 7.1% |
| 70 to 79 | 13 | 105 | 7 | 125 | 3.1% |
| 80 to 89 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 0.9% |
| 90+ | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.2% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 410 | 3645 | 27 | 4082 | 100% |
Cases by sex
| Sex | Active (confirmed and probable) | Recovered | Deceased | Total cases | Percentage of all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 210 | 1792 | 13 | 2015 | 49% |
| Male | 198 | 1850 | 14 | 2062 | 51% |
| Unknown | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| Total | 410 | 3645 | 27 | 4082 | 100% |
Cases by hospitalisation and intensive care
Cases who have been in hospital and in intensive care (ICU) by age
| Age group | Total people hospitalised | Total people in ICU |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 to 29 | 23 | 1 |
| 30 to 39 | 34 | 2 |
| 40 to 49 | 42 | 3 |
| 50 to 59 | 54 | 4 |
| 60 to 69 | 35 | 4 |
| 70 to 79 | 32 | 4 |
| 80 to 89 | 8 | 0 |
| 90+ | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 243 | 19 |
Cases who have been in hospital and in intensive care by sex
| Sex | Total people hospitalised | Total people in ICU |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 124 | 6 |
| Male | 118 | 13 |
| Total | 243 | 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 20 September 2021.
COVID-19 case details through 20 September 2021 (CSV, 285 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]