The Ministry of Health now publishes weekly summary reports of COVID-19 data for Māori and Pacific Peoples. The reports include summaries of cases identified as whānau Māori and as Pacific ethnicities from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand until the present.
The summary reports include data on COVID-19 deaths, hospitalisations, PCR testing rates and vaccination coverage, nationally and by DHB region.
The latest summary of cases identified as whānau Māori (26 February 2020 – 3 April 2022): Cases who identified as Māori decreased to 18,283 in the last week, down from the 23,050 the previous week The proportion of cases identified as Māori slightly reduced to 20.5% 30 fewer whānau Māori cases were admitted to hospital in this week: 210 down from 240 the previous week 24 further cases identified as Māori passed away over the week, 15 more whānau than last week Gender is not reported by ethnicity.
Males are over-represented in total deaths with 209 males passing away compared to 154 females There have been more males admitted to ICU, 77 males admitted compared to 45 females.