COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 01 September 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 01 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: 687

Number of cases by sex

Sex Number of cases Percentage of Total
Female 363 53%
Male 318 46%
Unknown 6 1%

Number of cases by age group

Age group Number of cases Percentage of Total
0 to 9 87 12.7%
10 to 19 170 24.7%
20 to 29 180 26.2%
30 to 39 57 8.3%
40 to 49 68 9.9%
50 to 59 83 12.1%
60 to 69 23 3.3%
70+ 19 2.8%
Unknown 0 0%

Number of cases by ethnicity

Prioritised ethnicity* Number of cases Percentage of Total
Māori 40 5.8%
Pacific peoples 491 71.5%
Asian 64 9.3%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 3 0.4%
European or Other 66 9.6%
Unknown 23 3.3%

* 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 250 388,550
Pacific peoples 704 362,137
Asian 866 515,020
European/other 1,776 1,611,134
Unknown 49 129,745
Total 3,645 3,006,586

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 40 205 5 250 6.9%
Pacific peoples 494 209 1 704 19.3%
Asian 76 790 0 866 23.8%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 7 148 2 157 4.3%
European or Other 76 1525 18 1619 44.4%
Unknown 31 18 0 49 1.3%
Total 724 2895 26 3645 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 92 158 0 250 6.9%
10 to 19 176 246 0 422 11.6%
20 to 29 185 702 0 887 24.3%
30 to 39 63 603 0 666 18.3%
40 to 49 74 421 0 495 13.6%
50 to 59 86 397 3 486 13.3%
60 to 69 28 245 3 276 7.6%
70 to 79 18 93 7 118 3.2%
80 to 89 1 26 8 35 1%
90+ 1 4 5 10 0.3%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 724 2895 26 3645 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 375 1418 12 1805 50%
Male 343 1474 14 1831 50%
Unknown 6 3 0 9 0%
Total 724 2895 26 3645 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 6 1
20 to 29 15 1
30 to 39 26 2
40 to 49 25 3
50 to 59 42 4
60 to 69 32 4
70 to 79 26 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 4 0
Total 186 19

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 93 6
Male 93 13
Total 186 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 01 September 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 01 September 2021 (CSV, 257 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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