Trump’s Claim Of A New Zealand Surge Is ‘Patently Wrong,’ Ardern Says

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«I don’t think there’s any comparison between New Zealand’s current cluster and the tens of thousands of cases that are being seen daily in the United States, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday.





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The death toll from COVID-19 in New Zealand stands at 22 people, out of a population of around 5 million. In the U.S., around 170,000 people have died from the disease, out of a population of around 330 million.

Those numbers amount to a mortality rate of around 52 deaths per 100,000 people in the U.S., compared to 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people in New Zealand, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard.

New Zealand currently has 90 active coronavirus cases, driven by a cluster of new cases in Auckland. Only six of those patients are currently in the hospital. Until last week, the country had gone more than 100 days without any community transmission of the coronavirus.

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