Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): As we enter the third year of the global pandemic, I do want to take a moment to put some significant numbers in front of the House: 5,764,503—that's the number of people on record, as of today, who have died around the world from COVID-19. Four hundred million people have been infected by the virus. And for those who think that the pandemic is over or that it's coming to an end, here's some other numbers that should be sobering: 23,765—that's the number of people who died from COVID-19 on Saturday. The average number of people who are dying every day at the moment around the world stands at over 10,000 a day. We might feel like we're over the global pandemic but the global pandemic is not yet over.