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

Last week, the Boosted topped all the categories. This week, it’s the same.

• New Boosted cohort infection rate 16.21x the per-capita rate of the Unvaccinated cohort, down from 16.53x last week.
• New Boosted hospitalisations for Covid 5.37x the per-capita rate of the Unvaccinated cohort up from 3.34x last week.
• New Boosted ICU Admissions for Covid – 10, or .56 people per 100,000 Boosted. Unvaccinated, 0.
• New Boosted deaths 2.89x the per-capita rate of the Not Fully Vaccinated (0/1 dose) cohort, up from 2.49x last week.

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. 24 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 for Covid This Week

Boosted admitted to Hospital 5.37x the rate of Unvaccinated this week.

ICU

New ICU Admissions This Week

Deaths

Overall Deaths With Covid within 28 days of death

First reported NFV death – March 2020.

First reported Boosted death – March 2022

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

Not Fully Vaccinated: (601) 109x 0-59, 65x 60s, 121x 70s, 176x 80s, 130x 90s

Fully Vaccinated: (664) 134x 0-59, 93x 60s, 135x 70s, 183x 80s, 119x 90s

Boosted: (3878) 193x 0-59, 300x 60s, 799x 70s, 1500x 80s, 1086x 90+

New Deaths With Covid within 28 days this week

Boosted Deaths With Covid rate at over 2x that of the Not Fully Vaccinated cohort this week.

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

Unvaccinated/Partially Vaccinated: (5) 1x <60s, 3x 80s, 1x 90+.

Fully Vaccinated: (1) 1x 70s,

Boosted: (37) 3x <60s, 5x 60s, 5x 70s, 17x 80s, 7x 90+

Vaccination Group Charts