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Lab testing and capacity

Lab testing for COVID-19 as at 9.00 am 15 October 2020
  Tests Date
Total tested yesterday 5,196 14 October 2020
7-day rolling average 4,330 8 October to 14 October 2020
Total tested to date 1,016,853 22 January to 14 October 2020
Supplies in stock * 267,894 15 October 2020

Note: The total number of tests conducted is greater than the number of people tested, because some people are tested more than once.

* Update not available on weekends.

View a detailed break down of testing by region.

COVID-19 - total cumulative tests
Total tests for COVID-19, to 14 October 2020

 

COVID-19 - tests per day
Tests per day for COVID-19, to 14 October 2020.

 

Date Tests per day Total tests (cumulative)
22 Jan – 8 Mar   300
9-Mar 12 312
10-Mar 89 401
11-Mar 83 484
12-Mar 31 515
13-Mar 35 550
14-Mar 34 584
15-Mar 142 726
16-Mar 325 1051
17-Mar 659 1710
18-Mar 1209 2919
19-Mar 1291 4210
20-Mar 1554 5764
21-Mar 1176 6940
22-Mar 1256 8196
23-Mar 1050 9246
24-Mar 1544 10790
25-Mar 2592 13382
26-Mar 2117 15499
27-Mar 2067 17566
28-Mar 1809 19375
29-Mar 918 20293
30-Mar 1391 21684
31-Mar 2093 23777
1-Apr 2562 26339
2-Apr 3446 29785
3-Apr 3631 33416
4-Apr 3093 36509
5-Apr 3709 40218
6-Apr 2908 43126
7-Apr 4049 47175
8-Apr 3990 51165
9-Apr 4520 55685
10-Apr 3061 58746
11-Apr 2421 61167
12-Apr 1660 62827
13-Apr 1572 64399
14-Apr 2100 66499
15-Apr 3661 70160
16-Apr 4241 74401
17-Apr 4677 79078
18-Apr 4146 83224
19-Apr 3081 86305
20-Apr 3203 89508
21-Apr 5289 94797
22-Apr 6480 101277
23-Apr 6961 108238
24-Apr 6777 115015
25-Apr 5966 120981
26-Apr 2939 123920
27-Apr 2146 126066
28-Apr 2637 128703
29-Apr 5867 134570
30-Apr 5328 139898
1-May 5691 145589
2-May 4634 150223
3-May 2473 152696
4-May 3232 155928
5-May 4772 160700
6-May 7323 168023
7-May 7812 175835
8-May 7204 183039
9-May 7287 190326
10-May 3865 194191
11-May 2893 197084
12-May 5961 203045
13-May 7019 210064
14-May 6723 216787
15-May 7150 223937
16-May 4211 228148
17-May 2570 230718
18-May 3125 233843
19-May 4882 238725
20-May 6113 244838
21-May 5408 250246
22-May 5604 255850
23-May 3302 259152
24-May 2163 261315
25-May 1841 263156
26-May 4279 267435
27-May 4255 271690
28-May 4162 275852
29-May 3020 278872
30-May 2111 280983
31-May 626 281609
1-June 654 282263
2-June 1262 283525
3-June 2649 286174
4-June 2813 288987
5-June 3007 291994
6-June 2054 294048
7-June 800 294848
8-June 1053 295901
9-June 2631 298532
10-June 3350 301882
11-June 2950 304832
12-June 2978 307810
13-June 2487 310297
14-June 824 311121
15-June 1527 312648
16-June 3603 316251
17-June 4936 321187
18-June 6273 327460
19-June 7707 335167
20-June 5950 341117
21-June 3402 344519
22-June 4303 348822
23-June 9174 357996
24-June 10436 368432
25-June 9825 378257
26-June 9178 387435
27-June 5321 392756
28-June 2754 395510
29-June 1960 397470
30-June 4530 402000
1-July 3329 405329
2-July 3703 409032
3-July 2900 411932
4-July 2294 414226
5-July 1057 415283
6-July 1641 416924
7-July 2131 419055
8-July 3089 422144
9-July 2575 424719
10-July 2057 426776
11-July 1824 428600
12-July 1043 429643
13-July 1620 431263
14-July 2061 433324
15-July 2899 436223
16-July 2497 438720
17-July 2403 441123
18-July 1365 442488
19-July 681 443169
20-July 1007 444176
21-July 2191 446367
22-July 2419 448786
23-July 2830 451616
24-July 2307 453923
25-July 1754 455677
26-July 550 456227
27-July 1107 457334
28-July 2733 460067
29-July 2523 462590
30-July 2476 465066
31-July 3002 468068
1-Aug 2401 470469
2-Aug 1692 472161
3-Aug 1608 473769
4-Aug 4140 477909
5-Aug 5020 482929
6-Aug 4014 486943
7-Aug 3289 490232
8-Aug 4249 494481
9-Aug 2125 496606
10-Aug 1874 498480
11-Aug 4225 502705
12-Aug 6006 508711
13-Aug 15703 524414
14-Aug 23846 548260
15-Aug 23682 571942
16-Aug 26014 597956
17-Aug 18421 616377
18-Aug 23038 639415
19-Aug 18091 657506
20-Aug 15714 673220
21-Aug 12256 685476
22-Aug 7005 692481
23-Aug 4589 697070
24-Aug 4434 701504
25-Aug 8559 710063
26-Aug 9257 719320
27-Aug 11010 730330
28-Aug 9991 740321
29-Aug 10487 750808
30-Aug 7219 758027
31-Aug 8599 766626
1-Sept 10934 777560
2-Sept 10521 788081
3-Sept 9909 797990
4-Sept 9470 807460
5-Sept 7178 814638
6-Sept 3991 818629
7-Sept 4525 823154
8-Sept 8363 831517
9-Sept 7950 839467
10-Sept 8953 848420
11-Sept 8838 857258
12-Sept 7211 864469
13-Sept 3573 868042
14-Sept 4402 872444
15-Sept 9088 881532
16-Sept 8185 889717
17-Sept 7360 897077
18-Sept 8359 905436
19-Sept 5417 910853
20-Sept 3568 914421
21-Sept 3278 917699
22-Sept 6938 924637
23-Sept 6142 930779
24-Sept 6465 937244
25-Sept 5952 943196
26-Sept 5219 948415
27-Sept 3539 951954
28-Sept 3636 955590
29-Sept 4969 960559
30-Sept 5679 966238
1-Oct 4403 970641
2-Oct 5728 976369
3-Oct 3616 979985
4-Oct 2834 982819
5-Oct 2820 985639
6-Oct 5334 990973
7-Oct 6152 986544 *
8-Oct 5597 992141
9-Oct 4814 996955
10-Oct 3809 1000764
11-Oct 2026 1002790
12-Oct 3017 1005807
13-Oct 5850 1011657
14-Oct 5196 1016853

* The total tests to date was double-checked, and some duplicate counts were identified. This number has been revised to remove duplicates.

Note: Two sets of cumulative test data have been reconciled to give cumulative total from 22 January 2020 when testing began.

Testing rate data

This information was updated on 13 October with data to 11 October.

A high number of tests across the country helps identify cases of COVID-19 early, manage clusters of cases when we find them and track how well our efforts are working.This page records information about the ethnicity breakdown of testing and testing by region.

Please note this page will be updated when additional information is available.

Localised testing helps ensure we are both looking for and finding cases across the country.

Surveillance testing – testing of a wider population to make sure there are no undetected cases – is also being carried out in parts of New Zealand.

If you are looking for information about how testing works or what might happen if you need a test, see the COVID-19 website. 

Notes on the data:

  • Testing  rates per 1,000 people uses prioritised ethnicity from NHI and Stats NZ 2019 population projections.
  • Prioritised ethnicity classification is used for reporting purpose. Prioritised ethnic groups involve each person being allocated to a single ethnic group based on the ethnic groups they have identified with, which are, in order of priority: Māori, Pacific Peoples, Asian, MELAA (Middle Eastern / Latin American / African) and European/Other. This means that if a person identifies as being Māori and New Zealand European, the person is counted as Māori.

Tests by DHB

COVID-19 tests (people tested and test rate per 1,000 people) by DHB for the weeks 28 September to 4 October 2020 and 5 October to 11 October 2020
  28 September – 4 October 2020 5 October – 11 October 2020
DHB Total people tested Test rate per 1,000 people Total people tested Test rate per 1,000 people
Auckland 2,295 4 2,215 4
Bay of Plenty 682 3 632 3
Canterbury 1,194 2 1,097 2
Capital and Coast 1,127 4 1,144 4
Counties Manukau 2,674 5 2,207 4
Hawke’s Bay 312 2 318 2
Hutt Valley 414 3 420 3
Lakes 345 3 267 2
Midcentral 471 3 507 3
Nelson Marlborough 380 3 618 4
Northland 417 2 389 2
South Canterbury 84 1 83 1
Southern 818 2 845 3
Tairāwhiti 99 2 81 2
Taranaki 262 2 267 2
Waikato 1,102 3 1,064 3
Wairarapa 108 2 127 3
Waitematā 2,625 4 2,299 4
West Coast 18 1 25 1
Whanganui 106 2 98 2
Unknown 1,130 – 862 –
Total 16,663 3 15,565 3

 

COVID-19 tests (people tested, positivity %, and test rate per 1,000 people) by DHB from 22 January to 11 October 2020
DHB Total people tested Test rate per 1,000 people Positive %
Auckland 98,814 180 0.2%
Bay of Plenty 33,521 139 0.1%
Canterbury 63,355 110 0.2%
Capital and Coast 47,927 149 0.2%
Counties Manukau 121,669 214 0.2%
Hawke’s Bay 22,977 138 0.2%
Hutt Valley 18,707 124 0.1%
Lakes 18,416 166 0.1%
Midcentral 21,933 121 0.2%
Nelson Marlborough 18,181 120 0.2%
Northland 24,550 135 0.1%
South Canterbury 6,978 117 0.3%
Southern 43,700 131 0.4%
Tairāwhiti 7,518 153 0.1%
Taranaki 14,088 117 0.1%
Waikato 62,267 147 0.3%
Wairarapa 5,655 124 0.1%
Waitematā 110,598 175 0.2%
West Coast 2,303 72 0.2%
Whanganui 8,155 126 0.1%
Unknown 27,981 – 0.2%
Total 779,294 157 0.2%

Tests by ethnicity

COVID-19 tests (people tested, positivity %, and test rate per 1,000 people) by ethnicity from 22 January to 11 October 2020
Ethnicity Total people tested Test rate per 1,000 people Positive %
Māori 127,902 164 0.1%
Pacific 91,300 285 0.2%
Asian 98,280 128 0.2%
Other 449,687 145 0.2%
Unknown 12,125 – 0.2%
Total 779,294 157 0.2%

 

COVID-19 tests rates per 1,000 people by DHB and ethnicity from 22 January to 11 October 2020
DHB Māori Pacific Asian Other
Auckland 196 271 123 195
Bay of Plenty 147 257 107 135
Canterbury 114 149 101 109
Capital and Coast 151 179 100 154
Counties Manukau 224 362 150 165
Hawke’s Bay 143 306 97 127
Hutt Valley 126 149 103 124
Lakes 179 247 126 157
Midcentral 116 152 90 123
Nelson Marlborough 120 341 103 115
Northland 156 149 97 124
South Canterbury 103 320 126 115
Southern 119 178 101 133
Tairāwhiti 165 209 150 134
Taranaki 116 167 107 115
Waikato 164 198 124 139
Wairarapa 133 201 117 119
Waitematā 188 267 142 171
West Coast 69 135 119 69
Whanganui 128 172 98 124
Total 164 285 128 145

 

COVID-19 test positivity rate by DHB and ethnicity from 22 January to 11 October 2020
DHB Māori Pacific Asian Other Unknown
Auckland 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Bay of Plenty 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Canterbury 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Capital and Coast 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Counties Manukau 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Hawke’s Bay 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Hutt Valley 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
Lakes 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Midcentral 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Nelson Marlborough 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
Northland 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5%
South Canterbury 0.2% 0.0% 1.0% 0.3% 0.0%
Southern 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
Tairāwhiti 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Taranaki 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%
Waikato 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
Wairarapa 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Waitematā 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
West Coast 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
Whanganui 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown 0.0% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
Total 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%



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