COVID-19: Case demographics

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

Last updated 1pm 03 September 2021.

All data on this page is as at 9:00 am on 03 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: 764

Number of cases by sex

Sex Number of cases Percentage of Total
Female 404 53%
Male 357 47%
Unknown 3 0%

Number of cases by age group

Age group Number of cases Percentage of Total
0 to 9 101 13.2%
10 to 19 184 24.1%
20 to 29 202 26.4%
30 to 39 66 8.6%
40 to 49 78 10.2%
50 to 59 89 11.6%
60 to 69 25 3.3%
70+ 19 2.5%
Unknown 0 0%

Number of cases by ethnicity

Prioritised ethnicity* Number of cases Percentage of Total
Māori 53 6.9%
Pacific peoples 541 70.8%
Asian 71 9.3%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 6 0.8%
European or Other 69 9%
Unknown 24 3.1%

* 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 263 392,602
Pacific peoples 754 367,955
Asian 879 520,780
European/other 1,784 1,624,959
Unknown 49 130,768
Total 3,729 3,037,064

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 52 206 5 263 7.1%
Pacific peoples 529 224 1 754 20.2%
Asian 78 801 0 879 23.6%
Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) 8 151 2 161 4.3%
European or Other 61 1544 18 1623 43.5%
Unknown 27 22 0 49 1.3%
Total 755 2948 26 3729 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 9 102 162 0 264 7.1%
10 to 19 181 258 0 439 11.8%
20 to 29 193 719 0 912 24.5%
30 to 39 70 606 0 676 18.1%
40 to 49 76 428 0 504 13.5%
50 to 59 86 404 3 493 13.2%
60 to 69 28 247 3 278 7.5%
70 to 79 18 93 7 118 3.2%
80 to 89 0 27 8 35 0.9%
90+ 1 4 5 10 0.3%
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 755 2948 26 3729 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 400 1436 12 1848 50%
Male 352 1509 14 1875 50%
Unknown 3 3 0 6 0%
Total 755 2948 26 3729 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 16 1
30 to 39 27 2
40 to 49 31 3
50 to 59 45 4
60 to 69 32 4
70 to 79 26 4
80 to 89 8 0
90+ 5 0
Total 198 19

Cases in hospital and in intensive care by sex 

Sex Total people hospitalised Total people in ICU
Female 102 6
Male 96 13
Total 198 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 03 September 2021.

COVID-19 case details through 03 September 2021 (CSV, 262 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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