COVID-19, Australia: Epidemiology Report 14: Reporting week ending 23:59 AEST 3 May 2020
Notified cases of COVID-19 and associated deaths reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) to 3 May 2020
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.42Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory diseaseAbstract
An error in data processing resulted in the tabulation of incorrect crude case fatality rates, for age groups of 50–59 and above, in Table 5 (Crude Case Fatality Rate of all cases and hospitalised cases, by age group) as originally published in the above report. Please refer to this report's Erratum (https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.42) to view corrected Table 5.
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