Full details of the confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
Last updated 1pm 26 September 2021.
All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 26 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: 1,165
Number of cases by sex
| Sex | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 599 | 51% |
| Male | 563 | 48% |
| Unknown | 3 | 0% |
Number of cases by age group
| Age group | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 202 | 17.3% |
| 10 to 19 | 268 | 23% |
| 20 to 29 | 289 | 24.8% |
| 30 to 39 | 106 | 9.1% |
| 40 to 49 | 119 | 10.2% |
| 50 to 59 | 114 | 9.8% |
| 60 to 69 | 40 | 3.4% |
| 70+ | 26 | 2.2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0% |
Number of cases by ethnicity
| Prioritised ethnicity* | Number of cases | Percentage of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Māori | 175 | 15% |
| Pacific peoples | 779 | 66.9% |
| Asian | 94 | 8.1% |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) | 14 | 1.2% |
| European or Other | 90 | 7.7% |
| Unknown | 13 | 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 | 387 | 435,248 |
| Pacific peoples | 992 | 410,340 |
| Asian | 934 | 571,127 |
| European/other | 1,838 | 1,774,378 |
| Unknown | 32 | 138,536 |
| Total | 4,183 | 3,329,629 |
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 | 78 | 303 | 6 | 387 | 9.3% |
| Pacific peoples | 96 | 895 | 1 | 992 | 23.7% |
| Asian | 13 | 921 | 0 | 934 | 22.3% |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) | 7 | 163 | 2 | 172 | 4.1% |
| European or Other | 18 | 1630 | 18 | 1666 | 39.8% |
| Unknown | 13 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 0.8% |
| Total | 225 | 3931 | 27 | 4183 | 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 | 40 | 333 | 0 | 373 | 8.9% |
| 10 to 19 | 48 | 475 | 0 | 523 | 12.5% |
| 20 to 29 | 49 | 969 | 0 | 1018 | 24.3% |
| 30 to 39 | 22 | 705 | 0 | 727 | 17.4% |
| 40 to 49 | 31 | 519 | 0 | 550 | 13.1% |
| 50 to 59 | 18 | 505 | 3 | 526 | 12.6% |
| 60 to 69 | 10 | 281 | 3 | 294 | 7% |
| 70 to 79 | 6 | 113 | 7 | 126 | 3% |
| 80 to 89 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 0.8% |
| 90+ | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Total | 225 | 3931 | 27 | 4183 | 100% |
Cases by sex
| Sex | Active (confirmed and probable) | Recovered | Deceased | Total cases | Percentage of all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 104 | 1944 | 13 | 2061 | 49% |
| Male | 118 | 1985 | 14 | 2117 | 51% |
| Unknown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| Total | 225 | 3931 | 27 | 4183 | 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 26 September 2021.
COVID-19 case details through 26 September 2021 (CSV, 292 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]