Restrictions may have gone - but COVID deaths have not

The Queen Victoria Building is seen in Sydney, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Most of the shops in the usually busy cbd shopping centre are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

It's a year since Sydney's shopping centres were this deserted Source: AAP

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With daily life in Australia now largely back to normal, some experts are questioning if its response is appropriate, given the number of COVID deaths being recorded across the country.

A little over 6 months ago, Sydney was emerging from lockdown.... now it's back in business.

But while restrictions have largely gone - COVID hasn't, and nor have the associated deaths.

A graph of a seven-day rolling average of COVID-related deaths in Australia per million people shows a spike coinciding with the Victorian lockdowns, another during the Delta outbreak, and a peak after Omicron emerged.

In fact, total COVID deaths have more than doubled since the end of January - yet life is largely back to normal and some experts are concerned about what will happen if this continues.