COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 34 Reporting period ending 31 January 2021
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.8Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, AustraliaAbstract
Trends – Australia continues to report low numbers of COVID-19 cases. The daily average number of cases for this reporting period was six compared to an average of 13 cases per day in the previous fortnight. There were 82 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths this fortnight, bringing the cumulative case count to 28,794 with 909 deaths.
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