But, yes, the virus came back again—as it has done almost everywhere else in the world. But, again, we acted swiftly and decisively, and New Zealanders have swung in behind. If we need to look to the example of what might happen if we hadn't acted in that way, we only need to look across to the state of Victoria, which on 26 July had 8,181 cases, and 71 deaths—whereas, on 26 August, they had had 18,613 cases and 462 deaths. 