timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand (2023) timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand (2023) this article documents the timeline of transmission of covid-19 during the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand throughout 2023. timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in new zealand 2020 2021 2022 2023 transmission timeline data about the previous day is extracted from the institute of environmental science and research's database at 9:00 am weekly and is publicly released by the ministry of health around 1:00 pm on monday weekly. 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(=) 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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(=) 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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. january date cases reinfections recoveries deaths sources newtotal newtotal newtotal newtotal 422,7702,117,0946,961113,27431,9682,092,04102,331 921,6852,138,7548,609121,87922,6772,114,718622,393 1619,2152,157,9337,795129,66021,6152,136,333442,437 2313,8802,171,7885,357135,00319,1382,155,471312,468 3010,5892,182,3554,293139,28513,8492,169,32092,477 on 9 january, the health ministry confirmed that the xbb.1.5 variant of covid-19 had been detected in new zealand with two cases. there were 2,424 new community cases on 9 january, compared to over 4,000 reported on 4 january. on 16 january, 1 news reported that a child aged 10 years and an individual aged between 10 and 19 years were among the 57 deaths reported between 9 and 15 january. 333 covid-19 cases were hospitalised with eight in intensive care. february date cases reinfections recoveries deaths sources newtotal newtotal newtotal newtotal 78,8822,191,2153,594142,86610,5562,179,876252,502 138,3962,199,5793,508146,4009,1552,189,301112,513 208,2202,207,7753,429149,8328,0922,197,123212,534 279,1002,216,8523,813153,6458,2312,205,35482,542 on 9 february, medsafe approved a version of pfizer's pediatric vaccine for children aged under the age of five years. on 20 february, statistics new zealand confirmed that covid-19 had caused a 10 percent surge in the death toll in 2022. the 2022 death toll in new zealand stood at 38,574; compared with 34,932 in 2021. of these deaths, 2,400 deaths in 2022 were attributed to covid-19. statistics nz population estimates and projections manager michael macaskill also stated that the increased death toll in 2022 reflected new zealand's ageing population, following similar trends in canada, the united kingdom, and united states. on 27 february, the ministry of health confirmed there had been 40 covid-related deaths over the past week including one person under the age of 10 and one person in their 20s. 200 covid-19 cases remained in hospital including three in intensive care. march date cases reinfections recoveries deaths sources newtotal newtotal newtotal newtotal 611,4532,228,2914,811158,4508,9622,214,31662,548 1311,5442,239,8004,717163,15211,4172,225,733122,560 2011,1712,250,9524,630167,76811,4832,237,216262,586 2711,2582,262,18622,180172,46711,0712,248,287762,662 on 6 march, the canterbury region reported the highest number of cases in new zealand, with 2,346 in the past week. the southern district came second, reporting 1,251 in the past week. the waitemata district came third place, reporting 1,197 cases in the past week. 177 cases remained hospitalised, with one patient in intensive care. of the 18 deaths reported in the past week, one was aged under 10 years while another was in their 20s. on 13 march, 190 cases were hospitalised with five in intensive care units. the rolling seven-day average for new cases between 6 and 12 march was 1,644, compared with 1,632 reported in the week leading up to 6 march that same day, national party leader and leader of the opposition christopher luxon tested positive for covid-19; having tested positive previously in 2022. on 20 march, 200 cases were hospitalised with eight in intensive care units. the seven-day rolling average leading up to 20 march was 1,593. on 27 march, 211 people were hospitalised with seven in intensive care units. the seven-day rolling average leading up to 27 march was 1,605. april date cases reinfections recoveries deaths sources newtotal newtotal newtotal newtotal 312,2022,274,3705,149177,60511,2222,259,509252,687 1112,1292,286,4814,973182,56712,1732,271,68282,695 1714,2422,300,6966,061188,62012,0962,283,778212,716 2412,3832,313,0645,334193,94514,1892,297,967202,736 on 10 april, university of otago epidemiologist michael baker urged the new zealand government to retain the few remaining covid-19 restrictions including the mandatory seven-day isolation period for positive cases and mask wearing at hospitals. on 11 april, radio new zealand reported that 219 covid-19 patients remained in hospital as of midnight 9 april, with seven in intensive care. that same day, prime minister chris hipkins confirmed that the government was considering scrapping the mandatory seven-day isolation period for covid-19 positive cases. that same day, hipkins and minister of health ayesha verrall confirmed that the government would retain the few remaining covid-19 restrictions such as the seven-day mandatory isolation period for positive cases and mask wearing requirements at hospitals for at least two months. on 17 april, radio new zealand reported a surge in infections, reinfections, hospitalisations and deaths reported over the past week. in response, epidemiologist baker stated that new zealand was experiencing its fourth wave of covid-19 infections and urged the public to take the new covid-19 booster vaccine, isolate if they are infected, and wear facemasks in poorly ventilated environments. on 24 april, radio new zealand reported that there were 292 patients in hospital and nine in intensive care. the highest number of active cases were in the canterbury region, auckland, and the southern district. university of otago epidemiologist peter mcintyre has urged the government to focus on getting higher-risk individuals including the elderly, māori, and pacific islanders aged over 60 years double-boosted rather than focusing on infection control through mask wearing and improved ventilation. may date cases reinfections recoveries deaths sources newtotal newtotal newtotal newtotal 111,0632,324,0944,855198,78312,3532,310,320262,762 812,2772,336,352125,74011,0192,321,339302,792 on 1 may, there were 265 people in hospital with eight in intensive care. canterbury, waitemata, counties manukau, and the southern regions recorded the highest number of cases in new zealand over the previous seven days. on 8 may, there were 249 people in hospital with 12 in intensive care. notes the large increase in recovered cases on these dates is due to changes