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From: Lisa <[FOI #18452 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 5 February 2022 03:12
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - COVID caused hospitalisation and
deaths
 
Dear Ministry of Health,

Please provide the following information on the cases that you have
reported as being in hospital, in ICU or being a death with COVID-19 for
the entire pandemic period.

Specifically, please provide the total number of cases for the age groups
used in your reports, the percentage of these who were admitted to
hospital or ICU because of COVID complications, the percentage who were
admitted for other reasons but tested positive.

Please do the same for the deaths that have unfortunately occurred and
been recorded as a COVID death.

Yours faithfully,

Lisa

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