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Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ s Covid-19 death toll rises to 26
16 Feb, 2021 01:00 AM
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Director general of health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed NZ s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 26. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Director general of health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed NZ s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 26. Photo / Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald
New Zealand s official Covid-19 death toll is now 26.
Director general of Health Ashley Bloomfield has today confirmed the person who died at North Shore Hospital at the weekend has now been included in the number of official Covid-related deaths in the country.
Prior to this no one in New Zealand had died from Covid-19 since September 2020.
Cases per 100,000
Source: Ministry of Health
The death toll would have been much higher if the early and significant action New Zealand opted for had not been taken.
New Zealand was literally a week away from not being able to contain coronavirus when the decision was made to plunge into a nationwide lockdown, Royal NZ College of General Practitioners medical director Dr Bryan Betty said in June.
At the time, Betty said New Zealand was staring down the barrel of a potential health system meltdown similar to those seen in Italy, Spain, the UK and the US.
With the spectre seen in parts of Europe and Asia looming large, the healthcare system braced for the worst.