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2021 v 2022

In 2021, there were 204.875M cases reported globally and 3.506M deaths for a CMR of 1.7117% on a non-adjusted basis. The adjusted figures are 206.579M cases and 3.515M deaths but for this purpose we’ll use the unadjusted figures.

In 2022, the year has seen 374.160M cases (a 55.21% increase) and only 1.237M deaths for a CMR of 0.3308% - or roughly an 81% reduction in the global CMR. The difference in those CMR numbers resulted in 5,128,682 people not dying compared to the CMR in 2021, largely due to the vaccination programs along with better treatment protocols.

In our little microcosm, the numbers are a lot better despite the massive increase in case numbers.

2021 saw 371,259 cases and 1,323 deaths for a CMR of 0.356%. In 2022, we had 10.8M (29.2x more) cases and 14,819 deaths (11.2x more) for an improved CMR of 0.137% - that’s a 62% improvement in the CMR and 38k more people who would have died if the CMR had remained at 2021 levels.

Whole of pandemic there have been almost 665M cases and 7M deaths globally for an overall CMR of 1.007% while Australia has recorded 11.22M cases and 17,052 deaths - a CMR of 0.152%.