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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Josh Nicholas

How does Australia’s Covid death rate and hospitalisations compare with other countries?

People wear face masks in the CBD of Brisbane on Wednesday. Australia is just one of many countries in the midst of a surge in Covid infections.
People wear face masks in Brisbane on Wednesday. Australia is one of many countries experiencing a dramatic spike in Covid infections and hospitalisations. Photograph: Darren England/EPA

Australia is nearing the numbers of Covid hospitalisations and daily deaths it saw in the January peak. But Australia is just one of many countries that appear to be caught in a series of rolling Covid waves.

There are currently more than 207 people in hospital for every million Australians. Belgium, France, Spain and the United Kingdom all have similar numbers, and many other countries are seeing increasing hospitalisations. Most of the OECD appears to be either coming off a recent wave or in the midst of one. And only a few of them are currently in winter.

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