Rise in deaths but COVID-19 not only to blame: AIHW
Report shows 3000 more Australians died than expected in January and February this year, but only half were pandemic related
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Three thousand more Australians died in the first two months of this year than expected, but it wasn’t all down to the Omicron wave, a new report says.
The Australia’s Health 2022 report, published on Thursday, found death rates in January and February were 35% higher than expected, with COVID-19 blamed for about half of the excess deaths.