This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Number of recovered Covid infected in NZ rest homes.'.




 
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PO Box 5013 
Wellington 6140 
New Zealand 
+64 4 496 2000 
 
 
 
 
Linda Dalgleish 
 
By email: 
[FYI request #12904 email] 
Ref: 
 
H202003826 
 
 
Dear Ms Dalgleish 
 
 
Response to your request for official information 
 
Thank you for your request to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 27 May 2020 for:  
 
"I am writing to request the data showing the number of people that have been infected 
with Covid19 in NZ rest homes.  
I require this to be broken down into recovered cases, current infections and deaths of 
those infected with Covid19 in NZ rest homes.  
I would also like a break down of these same statistics for each individual rest home in 
NZ where infection of Covid19occurred.” 

 
To identify individual cases located in New Zealand rest homes would require substantial 
research and collation as the information would need to be collated from individual records 
held. Therefore, your request is refused under section 18(f) of the Act. 
 
However, the Ministry holds information relating to clusters of COVID-19 infection occurring at 
New Zealand rest homes. The clusters include infected residents, staff and outside contacts of 
New Zealand rest homes. This information is publicly available at: 
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-
coronavirus/covid-19-current-situation/covid-19-current-cases/covid-19-significant-clusters. 
 
 
In respect of the clusters associated with aged residential care facilities, where you have 
asked for the number of recovered cases, current infections and deaths broken down by each 
individual rest home, these are withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy 
of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons.  
 
Table One: Case Status of all cases in clusters associated with aged residential care 
facilities. 

Case Status  
Number of Cases 
Recovered 
162 
Active 

Deceased 
16 
Total 
178 
 
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any 
decisions made under this request.  
 
 
 


 
 
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the 
Ministry website. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
Natalie Richardson 
Director 
COVID-19 Health System Response