Testing for COVID-19

Last updated 1pm 7 February 2023.

On this page:

• Testing summary, status, and results
• Testing over the past 4 weeks
• Testing rate and results by location and ethnicity
• Testing rate and results by age and sex

See also:

• How testing works - Unite against COVID-19

Testing summary, status, and results

COVID-19 testing

	Total
PCR tests uploaded during past week	10,671
All COVID-19 viral tests administered	7,768,604
Testing kits in stock	22,373

Testing results from 22 January 2020 to 6 February 2023

Test results	In managed facilities	Within NZ communities	Total
Tested positive for COVID-19	3,838	209,114	212,952
Tested negative (no COVID-19)	236,809	7,266,498	7,503,307
Inconclusive result for COVID-19	190	52,155	52,345
Total (all tests)	240,837	7,527,767	7,768,604

Testing over the past 4 weeks

Tests at managed facilities and within the community in health districts

Health district of residence	10 Jan to 15 Jan	17 Jan to 22 Jan	24 Jan to 29 Jan	31 Jan to 5 Feb
Auckland	1,126	1,167	994	825
Bay of Plenty	223	229	173	212
Canterbury/West Coast	961	894	726	787
Capital & Coast/Hutt	867	907	883	732
Counties Manukau	1,081	918	826	696
Hawkes Bay	193	169	177	145
Lakes	116	85	75	116
MidCentral	170	154	124	151
Nelson Marlborough	219	237	202	197
Northland	259	240	180	181
South Canterbury	52	46	44	48
Southern	1,101	988	936	995
Tairawhiti	38	54	28	35
Taranaki	373	368	329	357
Waikato	1,363	1,327	1,276	1,339
Wairarapa	61	61	67	42
Waitemata	1,405	1,383	1,179	1,031
Whanganui	41	39	29	21
Unknown	2,797	3,017	2,889	2,749
Managed isolation and quarantine facilities	37	42	12	NA
Total	12,483	12,325	11,149	10,659

Note: some people are tested more than once. We cannot give you detailed information about tests in your district, city or town, as we must protect the privacy of the people concerned.

Tests by ethnicity

Ethnicity	10 Jan to 15 Jan	17 Jan to 22 Jan	24 Jan to 29 Jan	31 Jan to 5 Feb
Māori	1,319	1,304	1,214	1,147
Pacific Peoples	717	677	618	533
Asian	1,997	2,051	1,699	1,748
European or Other	5,659	5,270	4,756	4,524
Unknown	2,754	3,018	2,892	2,719
Total	12,446	12,320	11,179	10,671

Total tests

COVID-19 test result	10 Jan to 15 Jan	17 Jan to 22 Jan	24 Jan to 29 Jan	31 Jan to 5 Feb
Tested positive	1,353	1,045	808	650
Tested negative (no COVID-19)	11,049	11,226	10,344	9,987
Inconclusive result	44	49	27	34
Total	12,446	12,320	11,179	10,671

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Testing rate and results by location and ethnicity

All tests by district and in managed isolation and quarantine facilities from 22 January 2020 to 6 February 2023

Location	Total tests	Tested positive (%)	Test rate per 1000 people
Managed isolation and quarantine facilities	240,837	1.59%	NA
Auckland	1,159,615	2.73%	2,356.5
Bay of Plenty	277,759	2.54%	1,071.8
Canterbury/West Coast	581,062	3.42%	970.8
Capital & Coast/Hutt	486,014	2.85%	1,032.6
Counties Manukau	1,492,541	3.24%	2,519.3
Hawkes Bay	136,235	2.21%	780.7
Lakes	126,462	1.76%	1,105.1
MidCentral	132,509	2.61%	728.9
Nelson Marlborough	131,954	2.41%	837.6
Northland	249,300	1.61%	1,288.6
South Canterbury	37,462	2.35%	611.9
Southern	323,235	4.17%	964.2
Tairawhiti	33,446	2.17%	650.2
Taranaki	130,440	2.81%	1,059.8
Waikato	640,537	2.70%	1,488.6
Wairarapa	35,960	2.59%	739.6
Waitemata	1,278,564	2.37%	2,032.2
Whanganui	35,931	2.52%	526.5
Unknown	238,741	1.80%	NA
Total	7,768,604	2.74%	1,553.6

Tests by ethnicity from 22 January 2020 to 6 February 2023

Ethnicity*	Total test	Tested positive (%)	Test rate per 1000 people
Māori	1,127,503	2.83%	1,470.7
Pacific Peoples	903,524	4.92%	2,455.9
Asian	1,274,996	2.63%	1,735.4
European or Other	4,076,151	2.38%	1,311.3
Unknown	386,430	1.54%	NA
Total	7,768,604	2.74%	1,553.6

* 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.

Testing rates per 1000 people by location and ethnicity from 22 January 2020 to 6 February 2023

Location	Māori	Pacific peoples	Asian	European/Other
Auckland	2,798.1	2,663.8	2,040.3	2,256.9
Bay of Plenty	1,090.1	2,022.0	1,355.1	1,005.5
Canterbury/West Coast	990.1	1,155.3	1,070.6	916.2
Capital & Coast/Hutt	1,013.7	1,137.3	949.7	1,025.0
Counties Manukau	2,738.6	3,061.9	2,138.4	2,280.0
Hawkes Bay	706.7	1,660.7	966.4	721.5
Lakes	1,203.1	1,424.5	1,538.3	967.9
MidCentral	785.6	932.3	752.7	688.1
Nelson Marlborough	865.5	2,378.3	1,022.5	770.6
Northland	1,289.5	1,571.2	1,286.3	1,263.2
South Canterbury	692.6	1,107.5	753.6	569.8
Southern	971.0	1,347.3	1,113.8	926.1
Tairawhiti	646.9	1,026.0	965.6	592.4
Taranaki	1,118.0	1,282.1	1,374.3	1,006.6
Waikato	1,658.9	1,885.5	1,667.8	1,377.6
Wairarapa	788.8	979.3	839.9	708.5
Waitemata	2,438.6	2,567.1	1,674.0	2,032.3
Whanganui	511.1	615.6	632.5	513.1

Note: some people are tested more than once. We cannot give you detailed information about tests in your district, city or town, as we must protect the privacy of the people concerned.

Percentage of tests returning a positive result by district and ethnicity from 22 January 2020 to 6 February 2023

Location	Māori	Pacific peoples	Asian	European/Other
Auckland	3.10%	5.06%	2.50%	2.26%
Bay of Plenty	2.65%	4.45%	3.15%	2.32%
Canterbury/West Coast	3.39%	5.49%	2.90%	3.50%
Capital & Coast/Hutt	2.79%	4.80%	2.72%	2.66%
Counties Manukau	3.21%	5.23%	2.53%	1.78%
Hawkes Bay	2.02%	2.81%	3.28%	2.12%
Lakes	1.89%	2.46%	1.41%	1.70%
MidCentral	2.38%	5.35%	2.39%	2.58%
Nelson Marlborough	2.48%	4.39%	4.27%	2.17%
Northland	1.83%	2.31%	1.68%	1.45%
South Canterbury	2.11%	2.63%	2.92%	2.35%
Southern	3.58%	5.01%	4.89%	4.14%
Tairawhiti	1.91%	4.74%	1.85%	2.37%
Taranaki	3.14%	4.01%	3.17%	2.69%
Waikato	3.21%	5.11%	3.48%	2.19%
Wairarapa	2.57%	4.31%	2.88%	2.53%
Waitemata	2.86%	4.39%	2.43%	1.94%
Whanganui	2.94%	4.68%	1.71%	2.33%

Note: we cannot give the total number of people testing positive per district and ethnicity for privacy reasons.

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Testing rate and results by age and sex

Tests by age group from 22 January 2020 to 6 February 2023

Age group	Total people tested	Tested positive (%)	Test rate per 1000 people
0 to 9	492,150	3.53%	753.4
10 to 19	658,130	3.77%	1,027.4
20 to 29	1,466,472	2.60%	2,175.1
30 to 39	1,491,261	2.32%	2,164.1
40 to 49	1,152,583	2.18%	1,837.0
50 to 59	1,135,474	2.12%	1,774.9
60 to 69	795,944	2.45%	1,488.4
70 to 79	362,737	3.98%	1,012.9
80+	211,828	6.94%	1,155.5
Unknown	2,025	11.60%	NA
Total	7,768,604	2.74%	1,553.6

Tests by sex from 22 January 2020 to 6 February 2023

Sex	Total people tested	Tested positive (%)	Test rate per 1000 people
Female	3,793,360	2.82%	1,487.6
Male	3,732,546	2.73%	1,524.4
Unknown	242,698	1.65%	NA
Total	7,768,604	2.74%	1,553.6

Note: On 4 January 2022, the Ministry of Health started reporting testing rates using the Ministry's HSU population estimate.

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