covid-19 pandemic in new zealand covid-19 pandemic in new zealand the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). the first case of the disease in new zealand was reported on 28 february 2020. as of 3 april 2023, the country has had a total of 2,274,370 cases (2,217,047 confirmed and 57,323 probable). 2,687 people have died as a result of the virus, with cases recorded in all twenty district health board (dhb) areas. the pandemic first peaked in early april 2020, with 89 new cases recorded per day and 929 active cases. cases peaked again in october 2021 with 134 new cases reported on 22 october. a total of 7,274,347 covid tests have been carried out as of 28 june 2022. covid-19 pandemic in new zealandmap of cases per 100,000 inhabitants in new zealand by district health boardmap of case totals in new zealand by district health boardmap of deaths in new zealand by district health boarddiseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationnew zealandfirst outbreakwuhan, hubei, chinaindex caseauckland, auckland regionarrival date28 february 2020(3 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 1 day ago)confirmed cases2,240,441 (total)active cases12,799suspected cases‡60,255 (total)recovered2,283,778deaths2,716fatality rate0.121%government websitewww.covid19.govt.nz‡suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. in response to the first outbreak in late february 2020, the new zealand government closed the country's borders and imposed lockdown restrictions. a four-tier alert level system was introduced on 21 march 2020 to manage the outbreak within new zealand. since then, after a two-month nationwide lockdown, from 26 march to 27 may 2020, regionalised alert level changes have been used, where the auckland region has entered lockdown twice, in august–september 2020 and february–march 2021. the country then went for several months without any community transmission, with all cases restricted to the managed isolation system. in august 2021, new zealand entered nationwide lockdown due to a case of community transmission in auckland of the delta variant, with subsequent community cases in auckland and wellington. due to rising cases nationwide, the government abandoned its elimination strategy while accelerating the country's vaccination rollout. auckland remained in a form of lockdown until 3 december 2021 when the new covid-19 protection framework ("traffic light system") came into effect. between february and may 2022, the government gradually eased border restrictions, public gathering limits, and vaccine mandate requirements. in september 2022, the government ended the covid-19 protection framework, lifting the remaining vaccine mandates and mask requirements. background main article: covid-19 pandemic on 12 january 2020, the world health organization (who) confirmed that a novel coronavirus (sars-cov-2) was the cause of a respiratory illness (coronavirus disease 2019, or covid-19), found in a cluster of people in wuhan, hubei, people's republic of china, which had been reported to the who on 31 december 2019. the case fatality ratio for covid-19 has been much lower than sars of 2003, but the transmission has reportedly been significantly greater, according to a statement by prof. azra ghani from mrc centre for global infectious disease analysis, imperial college london, a world health organization collaborating centre. transmission timeline main articles: timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand (2020), timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand (2021), and timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand (2022) covid-19 cases in new zealand () deaths recoveries active cases20202020202120212022202220232023febfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymaylast 50 dayslast 50 days date# of cases# of deaths 2020-02-281(n.a.) ⋮1(=) 2020-03-042(+1) 2020-03-054(+2) 2020-03-064(=) 2020-03-075(+1) ⋮5(=) 2020-03-146(+1) 2020-03-158(+2) 2020-03-168(=) 2020-03-1712(+4) 2020-03-1820(+8) 2020-03-1928(+8) 2020-03-2039(+11) 2020-03-2152(+13) 2020-03-2266(+14) 2020-03-23102(+36) 2020-03-24155(+53) 2020-03-25205(+50) 2020-03-26283(+78) 2020-03-27368(+85) 2020-03-28451(+83) 2020-03-29514(+63)1(n.a.) 2020-03-30589(+75)1(=) 2020-03-31647(+58)1(=) 2020-04-01708(+61)1(=) 2020-04-02797(+89)1(=) 2020-04-03868(+71)1(=) 2020-04-04950(+82)1(=) 2020-04-051,039(+89)1(=) 2020-04-061,106(+67)1(=) 2020-04-071,160(+54)1(=) 2020-04-081,210(+50)1(=) 2020-04-091,239(+29)1(=) 2020-04-101,283(+44)2(+1) 2020-04-111,312(+29)4(+2) 2020-04-121,330(+18)4(=) 2020-04-131,349(+19)5(+1) 2020-04-141,366(+17)9(+4) 2020-04-151,386(+20)9(=) 2020-04-161,401(+15)9(=) 2020-04-171,409(+8)11(+2) 2020-04-181,422(+13)11(=) 2020-04-191,431(+9)12(+1) 2020-04-201,440(+9)12(=) 2020-04-211,445(+5)13(+1) 2020-04-221,448(+3)14(+1) 2020-04-231,451(+3)16(+2) 2020-04-241,456(+5)17(+1) 2020-04-251,461(+5)18(+1) 2020-04-261,470(+9)18(=) 2020-04-271,46919(+1) 2020-04-281,472(+3)19(=) 2020-04-291,474(+2)19(=) 2020-04-301,476(+2)19(=) 2020-05-011,479(+3)19(=) 2020-05-021,485(+6)20(+1) 2020-05-031,487(+2)20(=) 2020-05-041,487(=)20(=) 2020-05-051,48620(=) 2020-05-061,488(+2)21(+1) 2020-05-071,489(+1)21(=) 2020-05-081,490(+1)21(=) 2020-05-091,492(+2)21(=) 2020-05-101,494(+2)21(=) 2020-05-111,497(+3)21(=) 2020-05-121,497(=)21(=) 2020-05-131,497(=)21(=) 2020-05-141,497(=)21(=) 2020-05-151,498(+1)21(=) 2020-05-161,498(=)21(=) 2020-05-171,499(+1)21(=) 2020-05-181,499(=)21(=) 2020-05-191,503(= ^)21(=) 2020-05-201,503(=)21(=) 2020-05-211,503(=)21(=) 2020-05-221,504(+1)21(=) 2020-05-231,504(=)21(=) 2020-05-241,504(=)21(=) 2020-05-251,504(=)21(=) 2020-05-261,504(=)21(=) 2020-05-271,504(=)21(=) 2020-05-281,504(=)22(+1) 2020-05-291,504(=)22(=) ⋮1,504(=)22(=) 2020-06-081,504(=)22(=) ⋮1,504(=)22(=) 2020-06-161,506(+2)22(=) 2020-06-171,506(=)22(=) 2020-06-181,507(+1)22(=) 2020-06-191,507(=)22(=) 2020-06-201,509(+2)22(=) 2020-06-211,511(+2)22(=) 2020-06-221,513(+2)22(=) 2020-06-231,515(+2)22(=) 2020-06-241,516(+1)22(=) 2020-06-251,519(+3)22(=) 2020-06-261,520(+1)22(=) 2020-06-271,522(+2)22(=) 2020-06-281,526(+4)22(=) 2020-06-291,528(+2)22(=) 2020-06-301,528(=)22(=) 2020-07-011,528(=)22(=) 2020-07-021,530(+2)22(=) 2020-07-031,530(=)22(=) 2020-07-041,530(=)22(=) 2020-07-051,533(+3)22(=) 2020-07-061,534(+1)22(=) 2020-07-071,536(+2)22(=) 2020-07-081,537(+1)22(=) 2020-07-091,540(+3)22(=) 2020-07-101,542(+2)22(=) 2020-07-111,543(+1)22(=) 2020-07-121,544(+1)22(=) 2020-07-131,544(=)22(=) 2020-07-141,545(+1)22(=) 2020-07-151,547(+2)22(=) 2020-07-161,548(+1)22(=) 2020-07-171,549(+1)22(=) 2020-07-181,550(+1)22(=) 2020-07-191,553(+3)22(=) 2020-07-201,554(+1)22(=) 2020-07-211,555(+1)22(=) 2020-07-221,555(=)22(=) 2020-07-231,555(=)22(=) 2020-07-241,556(+1)22(=) 2020-07-251,556(=)22(=) 2020-07-261,556(=)22(=) 2020-07-271,556(=)22(=) 2020-07-281,557(+1)22(=) 2020-07-291,559(+2)22(=) 2020-07-301,560(+1)22(=) 2020-07-311,560(=)22(=) 2020-08-011,562(+2)22(=) 2020-08-021,565(+3)22(=) 2020-08-031,567(+2)22(=) 2020-08-041,567(=)22(=) 2020-08-051,569(+2)22(=) 2020-08-061,569(=)22(=) ⋮1,569(=)22(=) 2020-08-101,569(=)22(=) 2020-08-111,574(+5)22(=) 2020-08-121,579(+5)22(=) 2020-08-131,589(+10)22(=) 2020-08-141,602(+13)22(=) 2020-08-151,609(+7)22(=) 2020-08-161,622(+13)22(=) 2020-08-171,631(+9)22(=) 2020-08-181,643(+12)22(=) 2020-08-191,649(+6)22(=) 2020-08-201,654(+5)22(=) 2020-08-211,665(+11)22(=) 2020-08-221,671(+6)22(=) 2020-08-231,674(+3)22(=) 2020-08-241,683(+9)22(=) 2020-08-251,690(+7)22(=) 2020-08-261,695(+5)22(=) 2020-08-271,702(+7)22(=) 2020-08-281,714(+12)22(=) 2020-08-291,727(+13)22(=) 2020-08-301,729(+2)22(=) 2020-08-311,738(+9)22(=) 2020-09-011,752(+14)22(=) 2020-09-021,757(+5)22(=) 2020-09-031,759(+2)22(=) 2020-09-041,764(+5)22(=) 2020-09-051,767(+3)24(+2) 2020-09-061,772(+5)24(=) 2020-09-071,776(+4)24(=) 2020-09-081,782(+6)24(=) 2020-09-091,788(+6)24(=) 2020-09-101,792(+4)24(=) 2020-09-111,793(+1)24(=) 2020-09-121,795(+2)24(=) 2020-09-131,797(+2)24(=) 2020-09-141,798(+1)24(=) 2020-09-151,801(+3)24(=) 2020-09-161,802(+1)25(+1) 2020-09-171,809(+7)25(=) 2020-09-181,809(=)25(=) 2020-09-191,811(+2)25(=) 2020-09-201,815(+4)25(=) 2020-09-211,815(=)25(=) 2020-09-221,815(=)25(=) 2020-09-231,824(+3^)25(=) 2020-09-241,827(+3)25(=) 2020-09-251,829(+2)25(=) 2020-09-261,831(+1^)25(=) 2020-09-271,833(+2)25(=) 2020-09-281,833(=)25(=) 2020-09-291,835(+2)25(=) 2020-09-301,836(+1)25(=) 2020-10-011,848(+12)25(=) 2020-10-021,848(=)25(=) 2020-10-031,849(+1)25(=) 2020-10-041,854(+5)25(=) 2020-10-051,855(+1)25(=) 2020-10-061,858(+3)25(=) 2020-10-071,861(+3)25(=) 2020-10-081,864(+2^)25(=) 2020-10-091,866(+2)25(=) 2020-10-101,870(+4)25(=) 2020-10-111,871(+1)25(=) 2020-10-121,871(=)25(=) 2020-10-131,872(+1)25(=) 2020-10-141,874(+2)25(=) 2020-10-151,876(+2)25(=) 2020-10-161,880(+4)25(=) 2020-10-171,883(+3)25(=) 2020-10-181,886(+3)25(=) 2020-10-191,886(=)25(=) 2020-10-201,887(+1)25(=) 2020-10-211,912(+25)25(=) 2020-10-221,914(+2)25(=) 2020-10-231,923(+9)25(=) 2020-10-241,934(+11)25(=) 2020-10-251,935(+1)25(=) 2020-10-261,940(+5)25(=) 2020-10-271,941(+1)25(=) 2020-10-281,943(+2)25(=) 2020-10-291,949(+6)25(=) 2020-10-301,950(+1)25(=) 2020-10-311,957(+7)25(=) 2020-11-011,959(+2)25(=) 2020-11-021,963(+4)25(=) 2020-11-031,968(+5)25(=) 2020-11-041,971(+3)25(=) 2020-11-051,973(+2)25(=) 2020-11-061,974(+1)25(=) 2020-11-071,976(+2)25(=) 2020-11-081,982(+6)25(=) 2020-11-091,986(+4)25(=) 2020-11-101,987(+1)25(=) 2020-11-111,988(+1)25(=) 2020-11-121,991(+3)25(=) 2020-11-131,995(+4)25(=) 2020-11-141,998(+3)25(=) 2020-11-152,001(+3)25(=) 2020-11-162,001(+1*)25(=) 2020-11-172,005(+4)25(=) 2020-11-182,008(+3)25(=) 2020-11-192,010(+2)25(=) 2020-11-202,013(+3)25(=) 2020-11-212,019(+6)25(=) 2020-11-222,028(+9)25(=) 2020-11-232,030(+2)25(=) 2020-11-242,031(+2*)25(=) 2020-11-252,039(+8)25(=) 2020-11-262,040(+1)25(=) 2020-11-272,047(+7)25(=) 2020-11-282,050(+3)25(=) 2020-11-292,052(+2)25(=) 2020-11-302,056(+4)25(=) 2020-12-012,059(+3)25(=) 2020-12-022,060(+1)25(=) 2020-12-032,069(+9)25(=) 2020-12-042,069(=)25(=) 2020-12-052,078(+9)25(=) 2020-12-062,078(=)25(=) 2020-12-072,079(+1)25(=) 2020-12-082,085(+6)25(=) 2020-12-092,088(+3)25(=) 2020-12-102,088(—)25(=) 2020-12-112,092(+6*)25(=) 2020-12-122,093(+1)25(=) 2020-12-132,096(+3)25(=) 2020-12-142,096(=)25(=) 2020-12-152,096(—)25(=) 2020-12-162,100(+4)25(=) 2020-12-172,100(—)25(=) 2020-12-182,110(+10)25(=) 2020-12-192,110(—)25(=) 2020-12-202,116(+6)25(=) 2020-12-212,121(+5)25(=) 2020-12-222,121(—)25(=) 2020-12-232,128(+7)25(=) ⋮2,128(=)25(=) 2020-12-272,144(+16)25(=) 2020-12-282,144(—)25(=) 2020-12-292,151(+7)25(=) 2020-12-302,151(—)25(=) 2020-12-312,162(+11)25(=) ⋮2,162(=)25(=) 2021-01-032,181(+19)25(=) 2021-01-042,181(—)25(=) 2021-01-052,186(+5)25(=) 2021-01-062,186(—)25(=) 2021-01-072,188(+4*)25(=) ⋮2,188(=)25(=) 2021-01-102,219(+31)25(=) 2021-01-112,222(+4*)25(=) 2021-01-122,222(—)25(=) 2021-01-132,228(+7*)25(=) 2021-01-142,228(—)25(=) 2021-01-152,246(+18)25(=) 2021-01-162,246(—)25(=) 2021-01-172,256(+10)25(=) 2021-01-182,262(+6)25(=) 2021-01-192,262(—)25(=) 2021-01-202,267(+6^)25(=) 2021-01-212,267(—)25(=) 2021-01-222,276(+9)25(=) 2021-01-232,276(—)25(=) 2021-01-242,283(+7)25(=) 2021-01-252,288(+5)25(=) 2021-01-262,290(+2)25(=) 2021-01-272,294(+4)25(=) 2021-01-282,299(+5)25(=) 2021-01-292,305(+6)25(=) 2021-01-302,303(+1*)25(=) 2021-01-312,304(+1)25(=) 2021-02-012,303(=*)25(=) 2021-02-022,307(+4)25(=) 2021-02-032,308(+3*^)25(=) 2021-02-042,313(+6*)25(=) 2021-02-052,315(+2)25(=) 2021-02-062,315(—)25(=) 2021-02-072,320(+5)25(=) 2021-02-082,320(=)25(=) 2021-02-092,322(+2)25(=) 2021-02-102,324(+3*)25(=) 2021-02-112,324(+1*)25(=) 2021-02-122,326(+2)25(=) 2021-02-132,328(+2)25(=) 2021-02-142,330(+2)25(=) 2021-02-152,336(+6)25(=) 2021-02-162,337(=*)26(+1) 2021-02-172,340(+3)26(=) 2021-02-182,344(+4)26(=) 2021-02-192,348(+4)26(=) 2021-02-202,350(+2)26(=) 2021-02-212,350(+1*)26(=) 2021-02-222,357(+7)26(=) 2021-02-232,363(+6)26(=) 2021-02-242,365(+4*)26(=) 2021-02-252,368(+3)26(=) 2021-02-262,371(+3)26(=) 2021-02-272,372(+1)26(=) 2021-02-282,376(+4)26(=) 2021-03-012,378(+2)26(=) 2021-03-022,382(+4)26(=) 2021-03-032,384(+2)26(=) 2021-03-042,389(+6*)26(=) 2021-03-052,389(=)26(=) 2021-03-062,398(+9)26(=) 2021-03-072,399(+1)26(=) 2021-03-082,405(+6)26(=) 2021-03-092,409(+4)26(=) 2021-03-102,410(+1)26(=) 2021-03-112,416(+6)26(=) 2021-03-122,417(+1)26(=) 2021-03-132,422(+5)26(=) 2021-03-142,423(+1)26(=) 2021-03-152,430(+7)26(=) 2021-03-162,432(+2)26(=) 2021-03-172,434(+3*)26(=) 2021-03-182,434(—)26(=) 2021-03-192,444(+10)26(=) 2021-03-202,444(—)26(=) 2021-03-212,453(+9)26(=) 2021-03-222,462(+9)26(=) 2021-03-232,468(+6)26(=) 2021-03-242,470(+3*)26(=) 2021-03-252,476(+6)26(=) 2021-03-262,479(+3)26(=) 2021-03-272,481(+2)26(=) 2021-03-282,482(+1)26(=) 2021-03-292,493(+11)26(=) 2021-03-302,495(+2)26(=) 2021-03-312,497(+2)26(=) 2021-04-012,501(+5*)26(=) ⋮2,501(=)26(=) 2021-04-042,507(+6)26(=) 2021-04-052,507(—)26(=) 2021-04-062,524(+17)26(=) 2021-04-072,531(+7)26(=) 2021-04-082,555(+24)26(=) 2021-04-092,561(+6)26(=) 2021-04-102,571(+10)26(=) 2021-04-112,574(+3)26(=) 2021-04-122,583(+9)26(=) 2021-04-132,587(+4)26(=) 2021-04-142,589(+2)26(=) 2021-04-152,591(+2)26(=) 2021-04-162,590(+1*)26(=) 2021-04-172,590(=)26(=) 2021-04-182,595(+5)26(=) 2021-04-192,596(+2*)26(=) 2021-04-202,597(+1)26(=) 2021-04-212,599(+2)26(=) 2021-04-222,600(+3*)26(=) 2021-04-232,600(=)26(=) 2021-04-242,601(+2*)26(=) 2021-04-252,601(=)26(=) 2021-04-262,601(—)26(=) 2021-04-272,609(+8)26(=) 2021-04-282,610(+2*)26(=) 2021-04-292,613(+3)26(=) 2021-04-302,613(=)26(=) 2021-05-012,613(—)26(=) 2021-05-022,618(+5)26(=) 2021-05-032,622(+4)26(=) 2021-05-042,623(+1)26(=) 2021-05-052,629(+6)26(=) 2021-05-062,633(+4)26(=) 2021-05-072,634(+1)26(=) 2021-05-082,640(+6)26(=) 2021-05-092,642(+2)26(=) 2021-05-102,644(= *^)26(=) 2021-05-112,643(=*)26(=) 2021-05-122,643(+1*)26(=) 2021-05-132,644(+1)26(=) 2021-05-142,645(=^)26(=) 2021-05-152,645(—)26(=) 2021-05-162,646(+1)26(=) 2021-05-172,651(+5)26(=) 2021-05-182,653(+1^)26(=) 2021-05-192,658(+6*)26(=) 2021-05-202,659(+1)26(=) 2021-05-212,662(+3)26(=) 2021-05-222,662(—)26(=) 2021-05-232,668(+6)26(=) 2021-05-242,667(+4*)26(=) 2021-05-252,669(+2)26(=) 2021-05-262,669(=)26(=) 2021-05-272,670(+1)26(=) 2021-05-282,670(=)26(=) 2021-05-292,670(—)26(=) 2021-05-302,672(+2)26(=) 2021-05-312,673(+1)26(=) 2021-06-012,673(=)26(=) 2021-06-022,679(+6)26(=) 2021-06-032,681(+1*^)26(=) 2021-06-042,682(+1)26(=) 2021-06-052,682(—)26(=) 2021-06-062,682(+1*)26(=) 2021-06-072,682(—)26(=) 2021-06-082,692(+10)26(=) 2021-06-092,696(+2^)26(=) 2021-06-102,697(+1)26(=) 2021-06-112,702(+5)26(=) 2021-06-122,702(—)26(=) 2021-06-132,708(+4^)26(=) 2021-06-142,709(+1)26(=) 2021-06-152,709(+1*^)26(=) 2021-06-162,711(+2)26(=) 2021-06-172,713(+2)26(=) 2021-06-182,714(+1)26(=) 2021-06-192,714(—)26(=) 2021-06-202,718(+4)26(=) 2021-06-212,720(+3*)26(=) 2021-06-222,719(=*)26(=) 2021-06-232,723(+4)26(=) 2021-06-242,723(=)26(=) 2021-06-252,725(+2)26(=) 2021-06-262,729(+4)26(=) 2021-06-272,728(+1*)26(=) 2021-06-282,738(+10)26(=) 2021-06-292,741(+4*)26(=) 2021-06-302,742(+1)26(=) 2021-07-012,740(+1*)26(=) 2021-07-022,742(+3*)26(=) 2021-07-032,742(—)26(=) 2021-07-042,751(+7^)26(=) 2021-07-052,758(+7)26(=) 2021-07-062,758(+1*)26(=) 2021-07-072,763(+5)26(=) 2021-07-082,764(+1)26(=) 2021-07-092,765(=^)26(=) 2021-07-102,765(—)26(=) 2021-07-112,767(+3*)26(=) 2021-07-122,768(+1)26(=) 2021-07-132,786(+18)26(=) 2021-07-142,790(+4)26(=) 2021-07-152,794(+5*)26(=) 2021-07-162,803(+5^)26(=) 2021-07-172,803(—)26(=) 2021-07-182,814(+12*)26(=) 2021-07-192,817(+3)26(=) 2021-07-202,822(+6*)26(=) 2021-07-212,828(+6)26(=) 2021-07-222,835(+7)26(=) 2021-07-232,855(+19^)26(=) 2021-07-242,855(—)26(=) 2021-07-252,862(+8*)26(=) 2021-07-262,863(+3*)26(=) 2021-07-272,863(+1*)26(=) 2021-07-282,864(+1)26(=) 2021-07-292,867(+5*)26(=) 2021-07-302,870(+2^)26(=) 2021-07-312,870(—)26(=) 2021-08-012,873(+4*^)26(=) 2021-08-022,877(+4)26(=) 2021-08-032,877(+1*^)26(=) 2021-08-042,879(+2*^)26(=) 2021-08-052,880(+1)26(=) 2021-08-062,880(+1*^)26(=) 2021-08-072,880(—)26(=) 2021-08-082,886(+5^)26(=) 2021-08-092,890(+2^)26(=) 2021-08-102,902(+14*)26(=) 2021-08-112,904(+2)26(=) 2021-08-122,913(+8^)26(=) 2021-08-132,914(+1)26(=) 2021-08-142,914(—)26(=) 2021-08-152,919(+4*^)26(=) 2021-08-162,926(+5^)26(=) 2021-08-172,926(=)26(=) 2021-08-182,936(+10)26(=) 2021-08-192,954(+20*)26(=) 2021-08-202,968(+14)26(=) 2021-08-212,992(+24)26(=) 2021-08-223,016(+24)26(=) 2021-08-233,054(+38)26(=) 2021-08-243,096(+42)26(=) 2021-08-253,159(+63)26(=) 2021-08-263,227(+68)26(=) 2021-08-273,297(+70)26(=) 2021-08-283,380(+83)26(=) 2021-08-293,464(+84)26(=) 2021-08-303,519(+55)26(=) 2021-08-313,569(+50)26(=) 2021-09-013,645(+77*)26(=) 2021-09-023,697(+53*)26(=) 2021-09-033,729(+32)26(=) 2021-09-043,748(+22*)27(+1) 2021-09-053,768(+25*)27(=) 2021-09-063,792(+23^)27(=) 2021-09-073,813(+22*)27(=) 2021-09-083,829(+16)27(=) 2021-09-093,847(+15^)27(=) 2021-09-103,866(+17^)27(=) 2021-09-113,890(+24)27(=) 2021-09-123,913(+24^)27(=) 2021-09-133,949(+36)27(=) 2021-09-143,966(+17)27(=) 2021-09-153,981(+17^)27(=) 2021-09-163,999(+16^)27(=) 2021-09-174,014(+16*)27(=) 2021-09-184,038(+22^)27(=) 2021-09-194,060(+24*)27(=) 2021-09-204,082(+23*)27(=) 2021-09-214,095(+15*)27(=) 2021-09-224,119(+24)27(=) 2021-09-234,135(+17*)27(=) 2021-09-244,144(+10*)27(=) 2021-09-254,162(+16^)27(=) 2021-09-264,183(+19^)27(=) 2021-09-274,194(+12*)27(=) 2021-09-284,204(+12*)27(=) 2021-09-294,248(+45*)27(=) 2021-09-304,273(+22^)27(=) 2021-10-014,291(+20*)27(=) 2021-10-024,319(+29*)27(=) 2021-10-034,352(+33)27(=) 2021-10-044,382(+31*)27(=) 2021-10-054,408(+24^)27(=) 2021-10-064,450(+41*^)27(=) 2021-10-074,480(+31*)27(=) 2021-10-084,527(+47)28(+1) 2021-10-094,563(+36)28(=) 2021-10-104,624(+61)28(=) 2021-10-114,659(+35)28(=) 2021-10-124,704(+46*^)28(=) 2021-10-134,759(+55)28(=) 2021-10-144,831(+72)28(=) 2021-10-154,897(+66)28(=) 2021-10-164,939(+43*)28(=) 2021-10-174,991(+53*)28(=) 2021-10-185,055(+65*)28(=) 2021-10-195,153(+99*)28(=) 2021-10-205,213(+62*)28(=) 2021-10-215,315(+104*^)28(=) 2021-10-225,449(+134)28(=) 2021-10-235,554(+106*)28(=) 2021-10-245,638(+85*)28(=) 2021-10-255,749(+111)28(=) 2021-10-265,822(+80*)28(=) 2021-10-275,899(+78*^)28(=) 2021-10-285,995(+97*)28(=) 2021-10-296,124(+128^)28(=) 2021-10-306,285(+162*)28(=) 2021-10-316,428(+143)28(=) 2021-11-016,594(+166)28(=) 2021-11-026,723(+129)28(=) 2021-11-036,832(+110*)28(=) 2021-11-046,972(+142*)28(=) 2021-11-057,138(+167*)29(+1) 2021-11-067,342(+207*)31(+2) 2021-11-077,456(+114)31(=) 2021-11-087,648(+193*)32(+1) 2021-11-097,775(+128*)32(=) 2021-11-107,922(+149*)32(=) 2021-11-118,107(+185)33(+1) 2021-11-128,306(+202*)33(=) 2021-11-138,482(+177*)33(=) 2021-11-148,692(+210)33(=) 2021-11-158,866(+174)34(+1) 2021-11-169,088(+222)35(+1) 2021-11-179,285(+197)35(=) 2021-11-189,452(+168*)35(=) 2021-11-199,652(+200)38(+3) 2021-11-209,823(+174*)39(+1) 2021-11-219,972(+149)39(=) 2021-11-2210,176(+205*)40(+1) 2021-11-2310,393(+219*)40(=) 2021-11-2410,609(+216)40(=) 2021-11-2510,789(+182*)41(+1) 2021-11-2610,966(+177)42(+1) 2021-11-2711,114(+149*)42(=) 2021-11-2811,260(+148*)43(+1) 2021-11-2911,444(+185*)43(=) 2021-11-3011,576(+135*)44(+1) 2021-12-0111,723(+149*)44(=) 2021-12-0211,895(+174*)44(=) 2021-12-0311,992(+98*)44(=) 2021-12-0412,087(+100*)44(=) 2021-12-0512,195(+108)44(=) 2021-12-0612,331(+136)44(=) 2021-12-0712,428(+99*)44(=) 2021-12-0812,516(+90*)44(=) 2021-12-0912,621(+105)44(=) 2021-12-1012,717(+96)46(+2) 2021-12-1112,781(+66*)46(=) 2021-12-1212,884(+104*)46(=) 2021-12-1312,986(+103*)47(+1) 2021-12-1413,067(+82*)47(=) 2021-12-1513,143(+76)47(=) 2021-12-1613,238(+95)48(+1) 2021-12-1713,317(+79)49(+1) 2021-12-1813,366(+49)49(=) 2021-12-1913,425(+63*)49(=) 2021-12-2013,495(+71*)49(=) 2021-12-2113,531(+33*)49(=) 2021-12-2213,589(+60*)49(=) 2021-12-2313,648(+60*)49(=) 2021-12-2413,719(+72*)49(=) 2021-12-2513,719(—)49(=) 2021-12-2613,855(+136)50(+1) 2021-12-2713,899(+44)50(=) 2021-12-2813,932(+34*)50(=) 2021-12-2913,986(+54)51(+1) 2021-12-3014,057(+71)51(=) 2021-12-3114,118(+62*)51(=) 2022-01-0114,118(—)51(=) 2022-01-0214,255(+137)51(=) 2022-01-0314,306(+51)51(=) 2022-01-0414,365(+60*)51(=) 2022-01-0514,405(+40)51(=) 2022-01-0614,467(+62)51(=) 2022-01-0714,525(+59*)51(=) 2022-01-0814,525(—)51(=) 2022-01-0914,673(+148)51(=) 2022-01-1014,733(+60)51(=) 2022-01-1114,756(+23)51(=) 2022-01-1214,848(+93*)52(+1) 2022-01-1314,887(+41*)52(=) 2022-01-1414,947(+61*)52(=) 2022-01-1515,001(+54)52(=) 2022-01-1615,069(+68)52(=) 2022-01-1715,127(+58)52(=) 2022-01-1815,170(+44*)52(=) 2022-01-1915,249(+80*)52(=) 2022-01-2015,334(+85)52(=) 2022-01-2115,401(+67)52(=) 2022-01-2215,479(+84*)52(=) 2022-01-2315,550(+71)52(=) 2022-01-2415,625(+75)52(=) 2022-01-2515,687(+62)52(=) 2022-01-2615,745(+59*)52(=) 2022-01-2715,842(+96*)52(=) 2022-01-2815,991(+150*)52(=) 2022-01-2916,146(+155)52(=) 2022-01-3016,286(+140)52(=) 2022-01-3116,416(+130)53(+1) 2022-02-0116,620(+205*)53(=) 2022-02-0216,817(+196*)53(=) 2022-02-0317,005(+191*)53(=) 2022-02-0417,277(+273*)53(=) 2022-02-0517,546(+269)53(=) 2022-02-0617,773(+227)53(=) 2022-02-0717,988(+215)53(=) 2022-02-0818,253(+265)53(=) 2022-02-0918,503(+250)53(=) 2022-02-1018,837(+336*)53(=) 2022-02-1119,313(+478*)53(=) 2022-02-1219,777(+466*)53(=) 2022-02-1319,777(—)53(=) 2022-02-1421,573(+1,796)53(=) 2022-02-1522,328(+763*)53(=) 2022-02-1623,509(+1,203*)53(=) 2022-02-1725,050(+1,588*)53(=) 2022-02-1826,935(+1,947*)53(=) 2022-02-1928,751(+1,915*)53(=) 2022-02-2031,087(+2,539*)53(=) 2022-02-2133,317(+2,377*)53(=) 2022-02-2236,162(+2,860*)56(+3) 2022-02-2339,345(+3,305*)56(=) 2022-02-2445,473(+6,145*)56(=) 2022-02-2557,497(+12,030*)56(=) 2022-02-2671,122(+13,612*)56(=) 2022-02-2786,138(+14,982*)56(=) 2022-02-28100,821(+14,657*)56(=) 2022-03-01118,812(+19,588*)56(=) 2022-03-02142,918(+22,160*)56(=) 2022-03-03166,098(+23,194*)56(=) 2022-03-04188,680(+22,535*)63(+7) 2022-03-05207,562(+18,840*)63(=) 2022-03-06222,767(+15,162*)65(+2) 2022-03-07240,319(+17,582*)65(=) 2022-03-08264,255(+23,913*)65(=) 2022-03-09286,750(+22,466*)65(=) 2022-03-10307,803(+21,030*)81(+16) 2022-03-11328,836(+21,012*)86(+5) 2022-03-12347,576(+18,715*)93(+7) 2022-03-13362,109(+14,516*)101(+8) 2022-03-14377,685(+15,562*)102(+1) 2022-03-15399,342(+21,633*)102(=) 2022-03-16418,861(+19,487*)125(+23) 2022-03-17438,447(+19,591*)135(+10) 2022-03-18452,670(+14,148*)138(+3) 2022-03-19471,225(+18,559*)144(+6) 2022-03-20483,222(+12,046*)151(+7) 2022-03-21497,731(+14,495*)163(+12) 2022-03-22518,685(+20,941*)177(+14) 2022-03-23538,839(+20,130*)184(+7) 2022-03-24557,330(+18,467*)192(+8) 2022-03-25573,244(+15,900*)201(+9) 2022-03-26587,467(+14,212*)217(+16) 2022-03-27597,745(+10,272*)223(+6) 2022-03-28610,687(+12,934*)231(+8) 2022-03-29627,898(+17,192*)266(+35) 2022-03-30643,875(+15,966*)278(+12) 2022-03-31659,175(+15,289*)299(+21) 2022-04-01672,712(+13,524*)314(+15) 2022-04-02684,374(+11,634*)330(+16) 2022-04-03693,219(+8,841*)350(+20) 2022-04-04703,467(+10,238*)363(+13) 2022-04-05717,650(+14,168*)386(+23) 2022-04-06730,285(+12,618*)404(+18) 2022-04-07741,987(+11,685*)426(+22) 2022-04-08751,974(+9,975*)435(+9) 2022-04-09760,540(+8,557*)445(+10) 2022-04-10767,295(+6,749*)457(+12) 2022-04-11774,928(+7,631*)469(+12) 2022-04-12786,058(+11,110*)483(+14) 2022-04-13795,606(+9,542*)497(+14) 2022-04-14805,240(+9,624*)514(+17) 2022-04-15813,070(+7,826*)534(+20) 2022-04-16818,882(+5,810*)543(+9) 2022-04-17824,867(+5,985*)554(+11) 2022-04-18831,149(+6,283*)564(+10) 2022-04-19839,455(+8,308*)570(+6) 2022-04-20850,747(+11,277*)582(+12) 2022-04-21861,118(+10,360*)600(+18) 2022-04-22870,591(+9,446*)610(+10) 2022-04-23878,575(+7,985*)627(+17) 2022-04-24884,289(+5,706*)636(+9) 2022-04-25890,039(+5,747*)644(+8) 2022-04-26896,495(+6,442*)649(+5) 2022-04-27906,397(+9,904*)671(+22) 2022-04-28915,522(+9,127*)683(+12) 2022-04-29923,847(+8,316*)696(+13) 2022-04-30930,969(+7,119*)702(+6) 2022-05-01936,697(+5,718*)707(+5) 2022-05-02943,428(+6,726*)713(+6) 2022-05-03952,697(+9,237*)731(+18) 2022-05-04961,262(+8,578*)753(+22) 2022-05-05969,959(+8,706*)774(+21) 2022-05-06977,380(+7,426*)797(+23) 2022-05-07984,218(+6,838)808(+11) 2022-05-08989,946(+5,720*)810(+2) 2022-05-09996,417(+6,464*)812(+2) 2022-05-101,005,674(+9,251*)826(+14) 2022-05-111,013,721(+8,047)855(+29) 2022-05-121,023,205(+9,476*)863(+8) 2022-05-131,030,733(+7,519*)892(+29) 2022-05-141,037,855(+7,130*)909(+17) 2022-05-151,043,683(+5,819*)923(+14) 2022-05-161,050,797(+7,108*)929(+6) 2022-05-171,060,710(+9,906*)937(+8) 2022-05-181,070,373(+9,661*)967(+30) 2022-05-191,079,557(+9,181*)973(+6) 2022-05-201,087,466(+7,899*)990(+17) 2022-05-211,094,192(+6,720*)997(+7) 2022-05-221,099,250(+5,050*)1,007(+10) 2022-05-231,105,317(+6,058*)1,017(+10) 2022-05-241,113,828(+8,500*)1,031(+14) 2022-05-251,122,075(+8,228*)1,041(+10) 2022-05-261,129,749(+7,660*)1,057(+16) 2022-05-271,136,708(+6,952*)1,087(+30) 2022-05-281,143,146(+6,424*)1,098(+11) 2022-05-291,148,045(+4,884*)1,107(+9) 2022-05-301,153,946(+5,888*)1,112(+5) 2022-05-311,162,499(+8,515*)1,128(+16) 2022-06-011,170,815(+8,271*)1,140(+12) 2022-06-021,178,816(+7,965*)1,151(+11) 2022-06-031,185,151(+6,301*)1,163(+12) 2022-06-041,191,560(+6,374*)1,172(+9) 2022-06-051,196,033(+4,450*)1,179(+7) 2022-06-061,196,033(—)1,179(—) 2022-06-071,206,411(+10,302*)1,194(+15) 2022-06-081,213,546(+7,120*)1,226(+32) 2022-06-091,221,724(+8,023*)1,240(+14) 2022-06-101,228,187(+6,383*)1,247(+7) 2022-06-111,233,450(+5,202*)1,254(+7) 2022-06-121,237,979(+4,474*)1,261(+7) 2022-06-131,242,497(+4,481*)1,267(+6) 2022-06-141,248,852(+6,215*)1,286(+19) 2022-06-151,254,560(+5,624*)1,295(+9) 2022-06-161,260,441(+5,542*)1,308(+13) 2022-06-171,265,455(+4,933*)1,315(+7) 2022-06-181,270,039(+4,454*)1,324(+9) 2022-06-191,273,389(+3,277*)1,329(+5) 2022-06-201,277,568(+4,077*)1,337(+8) 2022-06-211,283,444(+5,695*)1,350(+13) 2022-06-221,289,128(+5,577*)1,368(+18) 2022-06-231,294,657(+5,391*)1,380(+12) 2022-06-241,294,657(—)1,380(—) 2022-06-251,303,779(+8,849*)1,404(+24) 2022-06-261,308,387(+4,515*)1,410(+6) 2022-06-271,314,145(+5,645*)1,421(+11) 2022-06-281,322,476(+8,122*)1,437(+16) 2022-06-291,330,538(+7,929*)1,449(+12) 2022-06-301,338,501(+7,629*)1,466(+17) 2022-07-011,345,796(+7,195*)1,473(+7) 2022-07-021,352,688(+6,626*)1,494(+21) 2022-07-031,357,862(+5,089*)1,505(+11) 2022-07-041,364,733(+6,650*)1,512(+7) 2022-07-051,374,535(+9,816*)1,534(+22) 2022-07-061,392,338(+10,523*)1,546(+12) 2022-07-071,403,073(+11,084*)1,561(+15) 2022-07-081,412,642(+13,734*)1,581(+20) 2022-07-091,422,178(+9,558*)1,602(+21) 2022-07-101,429,924(+7,747*)1,611(+9) 2022-07-111,438,599(+8,675)1,628(+17) 2022-07-121,450,451(+11,854*)1,645(+17) 2022-07-131,462,257(+11,819*)1,674(+29) 2022-07-141,473,955(+11,716*)1,697(+23) 2022-07-151,484,746(+10,791*)1,713(+16) 2022-07-161,494,272(+9,549*)1,741(+28) 2022-07-171,500,754(+6,493*)1,763(+22) 2022-07-181,508,728(+7,975*)1,784(+21) 2022-07-191,519,490(+10,772*)1,803(+19) 2022-07-201,530,186(+10,716*)1,837(+34) 2022-07-211,540,509(+10,336*)1,868(+31) 2022-07-221,549,589(+9,087*)1,890(+22) 2022-07-231,557,661(+8,088*)1,911(+21) 2022-07-241,563,510(+5,853*)1,925(+14) 2022-07-251,570,802(+7,297*)1,941(+16) 2022-07-261,580,477(+9,686*)1,396(−545) 2022-07-271,589,584(+9,124*)1,427(+31) 2022-07-281,597,516(+7,939*)1,455(+28) 2022-07-291,605,416(+7,918*)1,479(+24) 2022-07-301,611,885(+6,475*)1,502(+23) 2022-07-311,616,341(+4,464*)1,502(=) 2022-08-011,621,916(+5,581*)1,502(=) 2022-08-021,629,298(+7,388*)1,563(+61) 2022-08-031,635,992(+6,710*)1,589(+26) 2022-08-041,642,334(+6,342*)1,603(+14) 2022-08-051,647,826(+5,505*)1,624(+21) 2022-08-061,652,711(+4,894*)1,638(+14) 2022-08-071,656,229(+3,522*)1,638(=) 2022-08-081,660,402(+4,174*)1,638(=) 2022-08-091,666,539(+6,142*)1,688(+50) 2022-08-101,671,922(+5,397*)1,705(+17) 2022-08-111,676,938(+5,022*)1,726(+21) 2022-08-121,681,209(+4,241*)1,733(+7) 2022-08-131,684,946(+3,742*)1,750(+17) 2022-08-141,687,705(+2,762*)1,750(=) 2022-08-151,691,261(+3,556*)1,750(=) 2022-08-161,696,239(+4,980*)1,782(+32) 2022-08-171,700,900(+4,673*)1,794(+12) 2022-08-181,705,597(+4,704*)1,807(+13) 2022-08-191,709,541(+3,949*)1,815(+8) 2022-08-201,712,957(+3,425*)1,824(+9) 2022-08-211,715,165(+2,216*)1,824(=) 2022-08-221,718,009(+2,846*)1,824(=) 2022-08-231,721,836(+3,832*)1,841(+17) 2022-08-241,725,110(+3,287*)1,845(+4) 2022-08-251,728,018(+2,922*)1,845(=) 2022-08-261,730,494(+2,488*)1,865(+20) 2022-08-271,732,765(+2,279*)1,869(+4) 2022-08-281,734,157(+1,394*)1,869(=) 2022-08-291,735,902(+1,749*)1,869(=) 2022-08-301,738,492(+2,592*)1,884(+15) 2022-08-311,740,840(+2,353*)1,893(+9) 2022-09-011,743,042(+2,211*)1,908(+15) 2022-09-021,744,937(+1,902*)1,910(+2) 2022-09-031,746,640(+1,709*)1,915(+5) 2022-09-041,747,739(+1,103*)1,915(=) 2022-09-051,749,139(+1,401*)1,915(=) 2022-09-061,751,284(+2,145*)1,933(+18) 2022-09-071,753,182(+1,905*)1,939(+6) 2022-09-081,754,905(+1,742*)1,941(+2) 2022-09-091,756,443(+1,548*)1,944(+3) 2022-09-101,757,913(+1,477*)1,950(+6) 2022-09-111,758,884(+981*)1,950(=) 2022-09-121,760,113(+1,230*)1,950(=) 2022-09-131,762,125(+2,019*)1,962(+12) ⋮1,762,125(=)1,962(=) 2022-09-191,769,694(+7,569)1,972(+10) ⋮1,769,694(=)1,972(=) 2022-09-271,779,476(+9,809*)2,030(+58) ⋮1,779,476(=)2,030(=) 2022-10-031,789,425(+9,975*)2,038(+8) ⋮1,789,425(=)2,038(=) 2022-10-101,800,602(+9,405*)2,055(+17) ⋮1,800,602(=)2,055(=) 2022-10-171,814,890(+14,311*)2,065(+10) ⋮1,814,890(=)2,065(=) 2022-10-241,831,233(+16,399*)2,095(+30) ⋮1,831,233(=)2,095(=) 2022-10-311,851,689(+20,522*)2,106(+11) ⋮1,851,689(=)2,106(=) 2022-11-071,872,459(+20,802*)2,119(+13) ⋮1,872,459(=)2,119(=) 2022-11-141,894,029(+21,570*)2,154(+35) ⋮1,894,029(=)2,154(=) 2022-11-211,918,070(+24,068*)2,182(+28) ⋮1,918,070(=)2,182(=) 2022-11-281,945,117(+27,076*)2,212(+30) ⋮1,945,117(=)2,212(=) 2022-12-051,979,614(+34,528*)2,235(+23) ⋮1,979,614(=)2,235(=) 2022-12-122,019,685(+40,098*)2,257(+22) ⋮2,019,685(=)2,257(=) 2022-12-192,062,384(+42,740*)2,288(+31) ⋮2,062,384(=)2,288(=) 2022-12-282,094,354(+32,010*)2,331(+43) ⋮2,094,354(=)2,331(=) 2023-01-042,117,094(+22,770*)2,331(—) ⋮2,117,094(=)2,331(=) 2023-01-092,138,754(+21,685*)2,393(+62) ⋮2,138,754(=)2,392(=) 2023-01-162,157,933(+19,215*)2,437(+45) ⋮2,157,933(=)2,437(=) 2023-01-232,171,788(+13,880*)2,468(+31) ⋮2,171,788(=)2,468(=) 2023-01-302,182,355(+10,589*)2,477(+9) ⋮2,182,355(=)2,477(=) 2023-02-072,191,215(+8,882*)2,502(+25) ⋮2,191,215(=)2,502(=) 2023-02-132,199,579(+8,396*)2,513(+11) ⋮2,199,579(=)2,513(=) 2023-02-202,207,775(+8,220*)2,534(+21) ⋮2,207,775(=)2,534(=) 2023-02-272,216,852(+9,100*)2,542(+8) ⋮2,216,852(=)2,542(=) 2023-03-062,228,291(+11,439*)2,548(+6) ⋮2,228,291(=)2,548(=) 2023-03-132,239,800(+11,544*)2,560(+12) ⋮2,239,800(=)2,560(=) 2023-03-202,250,952(+11,152*)2,586(+26) ⋮2,250,952(=)2,586(=) 2023-03-272,262,186(+11,258*)2,662(+76) ⋮2,262,186(=)2,662(=) 2023-04-032,274,370(+12,202*)2,687(+25) ⋮2,274,370(=)2,687(=) 2023-04-102,286,481(+12,129*)2,695(+8) ⋮2,286,481(=)2,695(=) 2023-04-172,300,696(+14,242*)2,716(+21) ⋮2,300,696(=)2,716(=) 2023-04-242,313,064(+12,383*)2,736(+20) ⋮2,313,064(=)2,736(=) 2023-05-012,324,094(+11,063*)2,762(+26) ⋮2,324,094(=)2,762(=) 2023-05-082,336,352(+12,277*)2,792(+30) sources: official reports from the new zealand ministry of health. notes: "# of cases" includes both confirmed and probable cases, with 64,123 probable cases identified as of 8 may 2023. the number of new cases reported for each date appears in brackets next to the # of cases. asterisks (*) and carets (^) denote dates in which the number of new, active cases (in brackets) reported does not equal the increase in total # of cases (compared with the # of cases from the previous date): asterisks indicate that one or more previously reported cases have subsequently been reclassified: a previously confirmed case may have been removed, or a previously removed case may have been reconfirmed. discrepancies may also be due to data updating and reconciliation. carets indicate that the # of cases includes one or more historical cases that were considered already recovered at the time of reporting. these are not considered new, active cases, but have still been added to the total # of cases. on 28 february 2020, new zealand confirmed its first case, a woman in her 60s who had recently visited iran the country confirmed its second case on 4 march, a woman who had recently returned from northern italy. the number of cases continued to rise significantly through march 2020, reaching a total of 647 (600 confirmed and 47 probable) and 74 recoveries by 31 march. on 29 march, new zealand also reported its first coronavirus-related death, a woman in her 70s from the west coast region. casesdeaths on 5 april 2020, the first ethnicity statistics were released; indicating that 74% of those who had contracted covid-19 were pākehā, 8.3% asian, 7.6% māori, and 3.3% pasifika. by 31 july, the total number of cases had reached 1,560, the total number of recovered had risen to 1,518, while the death toll had risen to 22. following 102 days of no community transmissions, four such cases were reported in auckland on 11 august 2020, putting the city back into lockdown. according to 1 news, pacific islanders made up 75% of the cases in the august community outbreak in auckland. by 5 september, the national death toll had reached 24 with the death of former cook islands prime minister joe williams. apart from some community cases, most cases reported in new zealand during the second half of 2020 were reported at the border. by 31 december 2020, there were a total of 2,162 cases; 2,082 recoveries, and 25 deaths in new zealand. new zealand's swiss cheese model for managing covid-19 on 25 january 2021, new zealand identified its first community spread case of covid-19 since november 2020 on sunday after a 56-year-old woman tested positive for the coronavirus strain that is thought to have originated in south africa. on 14 february, three community transmission cases were reported within a family in papatoetoe, auckland. apart from some community cases, most recorded cases in new zealand occurred at the border prior to august 2021. by 30 july 2021,