How Covid-19 numbers stack up for Māori

Māori make up 27 of the 55 new cases today (49 %).
Māori make up the highest case numbers for the 10th day in a row.
Māori have ranked at the top of all case numbers 14 times over the past 15 days since a surge in Māori cases began on September 29.
The high percentage of daily Māori cases is also driving up other numbers.
Māori are 45% of all cases since Auckland went to Alert Level 3 on September 22.
Māori are 45% of all cases in MIQ.
On September 1 Māori comprised nearly 6% of all cases in the Delta outbreak. They now make up 25.4% of all cases.

Māori are 16.7% of the population.
Māori cases passed the 16.7% mark on September 29.
Māori cases passed the combined total of Pākehā, Asian, and MELAA cases on September 30.

Only 36.7% of all Māori are fully vaccinated.
Only 21.1% of Māori have had one dose of the vaccine.
The total for one vaccine or fully vaccinated New Zealanders is 79.9%
Māori are 72.2% of this total. This is a significant increase in mid-August when numbers for Māori were as low as 52% of the national total.

The vaccination numbers are lower than the official numbers from the Ministry of Health.
The ministry uses figures from the Health Service User Index (HSU).
The HSU numbers are based on those who have used the health system over the past year.
This excludes those who are extremely healthy, do not trust the health system or were unable to afford to see a doctor.
This totals about 4% or about 200,000 of the population. Many are Māori and Pacific.

At 27% Māori have the highest increase in the rate of vaccination uptake since September 15.

Delta targets the unvaccinated.
The unvaccinated are 19.3 times more likely to be infected.
The unvaccinated are 43.0 times more likely to be hospitalised.
These numbers are for the general population. The risk to Māori is much higher.
Māori are 2.5 times more likely to die. Māori over 60 years of age are four times more likely to die.

Kia haumaru te noho | Stay safe.

Dr Rawiri Taonui.