Last updated 2pm 18 March 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 17 March 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                667 ↓

                    211 ↑

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                  155

                     **

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                     

                 3,902

* 7 day rolling average

** Not currently available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 4666
Reinfections 3012
Reinfections (< 90 days) 34
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2613670
Reinfections 350103
Reinfections (< 90 days) 26201


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 4777 2605102
Deceased* 20 3902*

*The Ministry of Health has recently switched its definition of 'deceased' from deaths within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 to deaths attributed to COVID-19. See the definitions section below for further details.

Deaths with COVID-19

Cause of death Died within 28 days of positive test Died more than 28 days after positive test Total Change in the last week
COVID as underlying 2330 117 2447 15
COVID as contributory 1353 102 1455 5
COVID-attributed total 3683 219 3902 20
Not COVID 1761 0* 1761 14
Not available 230 0 230 2
Total 5674 219 5893 36*

*The change in total deaths with COVID may not be equal to the number of new deaths reported today. This is because deaths that occurred more than 28 days after a positive test that are subsequently determined to be unrelated to COVID are removed from the total.

Of the 36 people whose deaths we are reporting today: two were from Northland, ten were from Auckland region, three were from Waikato, two were from Bay of Plenty, two were from Hawke's Bay, two were from Taranaki, one was from MidCentral, one was from Whanganui, two were from Wellington region, one was from Nelson Marlborough, two were from Canterbury, eight were from Southern.

One was less than 10 years old, one was in their 40s, one was in their 60s, seven were in their 70s, 16 were in their 80s and ten were aged over 90. Of these people, 20 were women and 16 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 800 2500615
Probable 3865 113055
Total 4665* 2613670

*The change in total case numbers may not be equal to the number of new cases reported today due to data updating and reconciliation.

Definitions

Active case - confirmed Confirmed cases are people who have received a positive PCR test OR someone who has received a positive result on a Rapid Antigen Test. For more details, see the COVID-19 case definition.
Active case - probable A probable case is when someone is diagnosed based on their exposure to other people with COVID-19 and on their symptoms. 
Reinfections Reinfections are cases in an individual who reported a case 29 or more days previously.  
Recovered Recovered cases are people who had the virus, where at least 7 days have passed since their symptoms started and they have not had symptoms for 72 hours, and they have been cleared by the health professional responsible for their monitoring.
Deceased Includes all deaths where COVID-19 is determined to have been the underlying cause of death or a contributory cause of death.

Cases reported each day

Daily confirmed and probable cases

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This graph shows the count of all cases of COVID-19 every day (all cases – confirmed and probable) since the first New Zealand case in late February 2020. The graph shows the rapid increase of daily cases from mid-February 2022 to early March 2022, driven by the Omicron variant. From mid-March to mid-April 2022, cases rapidly declined, followed by a period of slower decline until early July. This was followed by a rapid increase in cases, peaking in August before a steady decline in new daily cases. Reported new daily cases hit their lowest since February 2022 in September 2022.

New COVID-19 cases reported each day

This graph shows the count of all cases of COVID-19 every day (all cases – confirmed and probable) since the first New Zealand case in late February 2020. The graph shows the rapid increase of daily cases from mid-February 2022 to early March 2022, driven by the Omicron variant. From mid-March to mid-April 2022, cases rapidly declined, followed by a period of slower decline until early July. This was followed by a rapid increase in cases, peaking in August before a steady decline in new daily cases. Reported new daily cases hit their lowest since February 2022 in September 2022.

COVID-19 by location

Total cases by location

Total COVID-19 cases by location graph Total COVID-19 cases by location graph Total COVID-19 cases by location graph

This bar graph shows the total cases and their status by health district and those with recent travel history.

The ‘At the border’ data group includes cases detected in managed isolation or quarantine facilities from the period when these were operating, as well as cases with recent travel history from after that time. They are not included in the district totals. Before 17 June, people in managed isolation or quarantine facilities were included in the total of the relevant district.

Total COVID-19 cases by location graph

This graph shows:

  • This bar graph shows the total cases and their status by health district and those with recent travel history.

    The ‘At the border’ data group includes cases detected in managed isolation or quarantine facilities from the period when these were operating, as well as cases with recent travel history from after that time. They are not included in the district totals. Before 17 June, people in managed isolation or quarantine facilities were included in the total of the relevant district.

Total cases by location

Location Active Recovered Deceased Total New cases in the last week
Auckland 387 245539 262 246188 385
Bay of Plenty 149 114730 181 115060 150
Canterbury 665 344760 543 345968 665
Capital and Coast 506 184461 173 185140 507
Counties Manukau 396 292224 314 292934 397
Hawke's Bay 132 85864 166 86162 133
Hutt Valley 226 90257 98 90581 225
Lakes 83 51209 111 51403 83
Mid Central 179 96148 206 96533 178
Nelson Marlborough 133 79287 156 79576 133
Northland 141 80838 142 81121 142
South Canterbury 48 34587 44 34679 48
Southern 404 191432 370 192206 404
Tairāwhiti 57 26529 43 26629 56
Taranaki 119 65515 128 65762 119
Unknown 9 2243 9 2261 9
Waikato 369 207657 387 208413 369
Wairarapa 64 25456 63 25583 64
Waitematā 482 308978 401 309861 482
West Coast 21 15753 21 15795 21
Whanganui 96 34343 78 34517 96
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 4666 2605102 3902 2613670 4666

* Due to retiring the COVID-19 Protection Framework on 12 September 2022, the Ministry of Health no longer separately reports COVID-19 cases who have recently travelled overseas. These cases will be included in the weekly reporting on all COVID-19 community cases, but we will no longer distinguish between border and other cases.

You can also view a detailed breakdown of daily case numbers for each district since the beginning of the pandemic by clicking the ‘download’ button on the right hand side of this page: New Zealand COVID-19 data.


Note: we cannot give detailed information about cases in your district, city or town, as we must protect the privacy of the people concerned.