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Australia records lowest seven-day Covid death rate for more than two years
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Australia has recorded its lowest Covid death rate for more than two years, according to federal health department data that dates back to January 2022.
The latest data on the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System shows that between Thursday 29 February and Saturday 2 March, and on 5 and 6 March, the seven-day rolling average for Covid deaths was zero. One death was recorded on 3 March. The average is used to indicate short-term trends and is calculated by dividing the number of deaths in the previous seven days by seven and rounding to the nearest whole number. Up to three deaths in seven days results in a rolling average of zero.
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