
According to Our World in Data, New Zealand achieved 75% coverage of the initial COVID-19 vaccination protocol (two doses) on December 29th 2021, when its Covid-related death toll was just 44, and 80% (tantamount in effect to universal adult coverage) on June 8th 2022, by which time deaths had risen to 2,095. As at May 13th 2025, its death toll stood at 4,538.















