Full details of the confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
Last updated 1pm 21 September 2021.
All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 21 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: 1,085
Number of cases by sex
| Sex | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 563 | 52% |
| Male | 519 | 48% |
| Unknown | 3 | 0% |
Number of cases by age group
| Age group | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 185 | 17.1% |
| 10 to 19 | 253 | 23.3% |
| 20 to 29 | 276 | 25.4% |
| 30 to 39 | 97 | 8.9% |
| 40 to 49 | 107 | 9.9% |
| 50 to 59 | 105 | 9.7% |
| 60 to 69 | 36 | 3.3% |
| 70+ | 26 | 2.4% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0% |
Number of cases by ethnicity
| Prioritised ethnicity* | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Māori | 150 | 13.8% |
| Pacific peoples | 739 | 68.1% |
| Asian | 91 | 8.4% |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) | 9 | 0.8% |
| European or Other | 84 | 7.7% |
| Unknown | 12 | 1.1% |
* 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 | 362 | 422,506 |
| Pacific peoples | 952 | 400,098 |
| Asian | 926 | 558,062 |
| European/other | 1,822 | 1,731,967 |
| Unknown | 33 | 136,349 |
| Total | 4,095 | 3,248,982 |
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 | 91 | 265 | 6 | 362 | 8.8% |
| Pacific peoples | 167 | 784 | 1 | 952 | 23.2% |
| Asian | 26 | 900 | 0 | 926 | 22.6% |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) | 3 | 162 | 2 | 167 | 4.1% |
| European or Other | 25 | 1612 | 18 | 1655 | 40.4% |
| Unknown | 13 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 0.8% |
| Total | 325 | 3743 | 27 | 4095 | 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 | 74 | 282 | 0 | 356 | 8.7% |
| 10 to 19 | 74 | 434 | 0 | 508 | 12.4% |
| 20 to 29 | 73 | 929 | 0 | 1002 | 24.5% |
| 30 to 39 | 34 | 683 | 0 | 717 | 17.5% |
| 40 to 49 | 33 | 504 | 0 | 537 | 13.1% |
| 50 to 59 | 16 | 496 | 3 | 515 | 12.6% |
| 60 to 69 | 12 | 274 | 3 | 289 | 7.1% |
| 70 to 79 | 9 | 110 | 7 | 126 | 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 | 325 | 3743 | 27 | 4095 | 100% |
Cases by sex
| Sex | Active (confirmed and probable) | Recovered | Deceased | Total cases | Percentage of all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 153 | 1854 | 13 | 2020 | 49% |
| Male | 169 | 1886 | 14 | 2069 | 51% |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| Total | 325 | 3743 | 27 | 4095 | 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 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 to 29 | 23 | 1 |
| 30 to 39 | 34 | 2 |
| 40 to 49 | 43 | 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 | 245 | 19 |
Cases who have been in hospital and in intensive care by sex
| Sex | Total people hospitalised | Total people in ICU |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 125 | 6 |
| Male | 119 | 13 |
| Total | 245 | 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 21 September 2021.
COVID-19 case details through 21 September 2021 (CSV, 287 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]