Case Fatality Rates for New Zealand. Omicron is 10 times less fatal than Delta and 20 times less fatal than Alpha.

Jul 11, 2022 | Covid, Data

Considering the vast majority of people die with and not because of Covid but due to comorbidities, people dying from other causes like falling off ladders and gun shot wounds (90% according to UK) figures, the official CFR will be a lot lower and in the realms of season influenza.

Source: https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/data-and-statistics/covid-19-data/covid-19-current-cases#daily-cases