Covid-19: how NZ compares with the rest of the world

Covid-19: how NZ compares with the rest of the world
Mask use may be (mostly) behind us, but covid deaths are still rising. (Image: Getty)
Andy Fyers
New Zealand's total deaths from covid-19 have increased 40-fold since the omicron variant became widespread earlier this year.Covid-19 has now caused or contributed to 2,055 deaths in NZ.The current rate of 400 deaths per million people is up from 10 per million in February, but is still very low compared with other developed countries.In the United States and United Kingdom, the death rates are more than 3,000 per one million (about one in 330 people), while estimates of excess mortality in these two countries (from all causes) during the...

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