Japan no longer the best-performing country in the world

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Japan no longer the best-performing country in the world

Japan is no longer the best-performing nation when it comes to avoiding COVID 19 deaths.

The country, which has one of the oldest populations in the world, is still experiencing its biggest outbreak of the epidemic. A wave of omicron infections over the winter overwhelmed its health system, and delayed medical care for patients, sending daily deaths to a record high of more than 500 on January 14, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The increase pushed Japan's mortality rate above New Zealand's, which now has the fewest deaths per capita among the OECD's 38 member countries, according to Our World in Data. In Japan, the infection rate was still among the lowest in the world, but rose rapidly in recent months.

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