Last updated 2pm 13 May 2024.

This data is updated weekly. All data on this page relates to cases recorded prior to 11:59 pm 12 May 2024.

COVID-19 cases summary

          New case average*

     RATs uploaded average*

                      477 ↑

                   538 ↑

Cases in hospital as at midnight Sunday

Cases in ICU as at midnight Sunday

                        152

                       0

Deaths attributed to COVID*

Total deaths attributed COVID

                        2 ↓

                    4,008

* 7 day rolling average

** Not currently available

Current situation

Summary

In the last week New cases reported 3922
Reinfections 2470
Reinfections (< 90 days) 35
Total since first New Zealand case Cases reported 2638048
Reinfections 365236
Reinfections (< 90 days) 26440


Case outcomes since first New Zealand case
 

COVID-19 cases Change in the last week Total
Recovered 2854 2630699
Deceased* 13 4008*

*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 2385 127 2512 6
COVID as contributory 1386 110 1496 7
COVID-attributed total 3771 237 4008 13
Not COVID 1834 0* 1834 10
Not available 235 0 235 0
Total 5840 237 6077 23*

*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 23 people whose deaths we are reporting today: two were from Northland, seven were from Auckland region, one was from Waikato, one was from Taranaki, two were from MidCentral, one was from Whanganui, one was from Wellington region, one was from Nelson Marlborough, four were from Canterbury, one was from South Canterbury, two were from Southern.

One was in their 30s, one was in their 50s, three were in their 60s, eight were in their 70s, six were in their 80s and four were aged over 90. Of these people, eight were women and 15 were men.

Two were in their 60s, five were in their 70s, 14 were in their 80s and eight were aged over 90. Of these people, ten were women and 19 were men.

Case details

Number of active cases

  Change in the last week Total since first NZ case
Confirmed 3738 2593269
Probable 184 44779
Total 3922* 2638048

*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 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 288 247487 269 248044 337
Bay of Plenty 150 115776 187 116113 174
Canterbury 444 348762 555 349761 540
Capital and Coast 302 186850 184 187336 380
Counties Manukau 297 294214 322 294833 327
Hawke's Bay 105 86491 168 86764 120
Hutt Valley 145 91318 100 91563 170
Lakes 42 51624 111 51777 50
Mid Central 162 97379 207 97748 196
Nelson Marlborough 125 80286 161 80572 153
Northland 124 81718 151 81993 141
South Canterbury 33 34914 44 34991 33
Southern 199 193585 384 194168 228
Tairāwhiti 40 26739 44 26823 48
Taranaki 67 66157 130 66354 78
Unknown 9 2288 9 2306 10
Waikato 306 209723 399 210428 352
Wairarapa 52 25864 66 25982 63
Waitematā 382 311625 411 312418 444
West Coast 18 15931 22 15971 21
Whanganui 51 34676 78 34805 57
At the Border* 0 27292 6 27298 NA
Total 3341 2630699 4008 2638048 3922

* 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.