Australia’s Covid surge in four charts: NSW now has one of world’s highest infection rates

Within just two weeks Australia went from having one of the lowest rates of new Covid cases per capita in the world to one of the highest

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For the past two years, Australia has fought off waves of Covid using strict lockdowns and closed borders.

The payoff has been counted in the fatality rate - Australia has had one of the lowest rates of death anywhere in the world.