New Zealand has today recorded more than 1000 deaths in people who had Covid-19. Prior to Omicron, New Zealand had recorded 52 Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began. Robert Kitchin/Stuff As New Zealand marks more than 1000 Covid-19 deaths, the worldwide toll tops more than 6.28 million. In 2021, the rate of deaths followed a similar pattern to that seen in 2019, though deaths from Covid-19 were low. If Aotearoa had a similar rate of Covid-19 mortality to the United States, there would be approximately 15,000 Covid-19 deaths today.

Source: Stuff May 18, 2022 17:06 UTC