More Than 20,000 People Died ‘From or With’ COVID-19 in Australia: ABS

Chronic cardiac condition was the leading pre-existing condition for those dying with COVID-19, the ABS stats showed.

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has received more than 20,000 death registrations of people who “died from or with COVID-19.”

The Bureau said 20,170, out of a total of 627,645 death registrations between March 2020 and September 2023 were from or with the virus. This represents 3.2 percent of all deaths in Australia.