We are now into week two of the Fifth NZ Covid Wave.

Last week, the Boosted topped all the categories. This week, it’s the same, and with OVER TWO THOUSAND hospital admissions for Covid according to Te Whatu Ora.

• New Boosted cohort infection rate 18.51x that of the Unvaccinated cohort
• New Boosted hospitalisations for Covid 4.17x that of the Unvaccinated cohort
• New Boosted deaths 12.77x that of the Not Fully Vaccinated (0/1 dose) cohort
• Highest number of Hospital Admissions for Covid EVER in history for NZ.

Cases

Overall Cases since First Recorded Case

For the No Dose group, the first case is from March 2020. 40+ months.

For the Boosted Group, the first case is from December 2021. 23 months.

New Cases This Week

Hospitalisations

Overall Hospitalisations

As with cases, the 0 dose cohort has taken over 3 years to make this number. Boosted, 23 months.

New Hospitalisations This Week

Either this week was a data error, or it’s the highest week for hospital admissions EVER in this country.

Deaths

Overall Case Fatality Rate

This is the overall number of deaths for a cohort, divided by the number of reported cases.

Overall Hospitalisation Fatality Rate

This is the overall number of deaths for a cohort, divided by the number of hospitalisations.

Overall Deaths With Covid within 28 days of death

First reported NFV death – March 2020.

First reported Boosted death – March 2022

The Boosted per-capita deaths increased by ~1% this week, the Not Fully Vaccinated per-capita increased by 0.1%.

The distribution of the overall “with Covid” deaths by age and vaccination status:

Not Fully Vaccinated: (591) 107x 0-59, 64x 60s, 119x 70s, 172x 80s, 129x 90s

Fully Vaccinated: (661) 134x 0-59, 93x 60s, 134x 70s, 182x 80s, 118x 90s

Boosted: (3814) 190x 0-59, 293x 60s, 790x 70s, 1467x 80s, 1074x 90+

Weekly Case Fatality Rate

This is the overall number of deaths for a cohort this week, divided by the number of reported cases for that cohort this week.

Weekly Hospitalisation Fatality Rate

This is the overall number of deaths for a cohort this week, divided by the number of hospitalisations this week.

New Deaths With Covid within 28 days this week

No new Deaths With Covid for the Not Fully Vaccinated cohort this week.

The distribution of the week’s deaths by age and vaccination status:

Unvaccinated/Partially Vaccinated: (1) 1x 70s

Fully Vaccinated: (1) 1x <60s

Boosted: (32) 4x 60s, 3x 70s, 18x 80s, 7x 90+

Vaccination Group Charts