COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 25 September 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 25 September 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: 1,147

Number of cases by sex

Sex Number of cases Percentage of Total
Female 593 52%
Male 552 48%
Unknown 2 0%

Number of cases by age group

Age group Number of cases Percentage of Total
0 to 9 200 17.4%
10 to 19 265 23.1%
20 to 29 287 25%
30 to 39 103 9%
40 to 49 116 10.1%
50 to 59 111 9.7%
60 to 69 39 3.4%
70+ 26 2.3%
Unknown 0 0%

Number of cases by ethnicity

Prioritised ethnicity* Number of cases Percentage of Total
Māori 167 14.6%
Pacific peoples 773 67.4%
Asian 94 8.2%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 13 1.1%
European or Other 88 7.7%
Unknown 12 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 379 433,242
Pacific peoples 986 408,771
Asian 933 568,715
European/other 1,833 1,767,425
Unknown 31 138,034
Total 4,162 3,316,187

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 73 300 6 379 9.1%
Pacific peoples 112 873 1 986 23.7%
Asian 20 913 0 933 22.4%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 7 162 2 171 4.1%
European or Other 26 1618 18 1662 39.9%
Unknown 12 19 0 31 0.7%
Total 250 3885 27 4162 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 46 325 0 371 8.9%
10 to 19 50 470 0 520 12.5%
20 to 29 58 956 0 1014 24.4%
30 to 39 25 699 0 724 17.4%
40 to 49 33 514 0 547 13.1%
50 to 59 20 499 3 522 12.5%
60 to 69 10 280 3 293 7%
70 to 79 8 111 7 126 3%
80 to 89 0 27 8 35 0.8%
90+ 0 4 6 10 0.2%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 250 3885 27 4162 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 115 1926 13 2054 49%
Male 133 1957 14 2104 51%
Unknown 2 2 0 4 0%
Total 250 3885 27 4162 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 56 4
60 to 69 35 4
70 to 79 32 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 5 0
Total 247 19

Cases who have been in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 126 6
Male 120 13
Total 247 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 25 September 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 25 September 2021 (CSV, 291 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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