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Andrew Brown

COVID deaths in aged care pass 2020 toll

More people have died in residential aged care from COVID-19 in just two months than during the whole of 2020, a Senate committee has been told.

Since the start of the year, 691 aged care residents have died from the virus, as Omicron cases surged across the country.

That's compared with 685 aged care fatalities during the whole of 2020 and 282 throughout all of 2021.

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