List of COVID-19 deaths in Oceania

This article is about deaths of notable people. For cumulative numbers of deaths day-by-day per country and territory, see COVID-19 pandemic deaths. For death rates per population, see COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country.

This is a list of notable people reported as having died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania.

Australia

Date	Image	Name	Age	Notes	Place of death
22 August 2020		Frank Brew	92	Australian rules footballer (Sydney Swans)	Australia
22 August 2020		John Bangsund	81	Writer	Australia
5 April 2021		Malcolm Kela Smith	82	Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea (2002–2012) and Governor of Eastern Highlands Province (2003–2012)	Australia (Redcliffe)
17 November 2021		Ken Colvin	82	Australian rules footballer (Sydney Swans)	Australia
4 January 2022		Craig Ruddy	53	Artist	Australia (Byron Bay)
1 February 2022		Glenn Wheatley	74	Musician	Australia (Melbourne)

Fiji

Date	Image	Name	Age	Notes	Place of death
22 July 2021		Hikmat Singh Verma	92	Member of the House of Representatives of Fiji (1999–2006)	Fiji (Suva)

New Zealand

Date	Image	Name	Age	Notes	Place of death
27 May 2020		Peri Vaevae Pare		Member of the Parliament of the Cook Islands (1999–2006) and Minister of Health (2001–2006)	New Zealand (Rarotonga)
4 September 2020		Joe Williams	85	Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (1999) and member of the Parliament of the Cook Islands (1994–2004)	New Zealand (Auckland)

Papua New Guinea

Date	Image	Name	Age	Notes	Place of death
20 March 2021		Richard Mendani	53	Member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea (since 2012)	Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby)

See also

• Deaths in 2020
• Deaths in 2021
• Deaths in 2022
• List of deaths due to COVID-19
• List of notable COVID-19 deaths in Africa
• List of notable COVID-19 deaths in Asia
• List of notable COVID-19 deaths in South America
• List of notable COVID-19 deaths in North America