Key Statistics
2,639 deaths where people died with or from COVID-19 that occurred by 31 January 2022 have been registered and received by the ABS. The ABS expects to receive further registrations for this period from the jurisdictional Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
The majority (2,556 deaths) of these 2,639 deaths were due directly to COVID-19.
There were a further 83 people who died of other causes (e.g. cancer) but were COVID-19 positive at the time of death.