COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 40 Reporting period ending 25 April 2021
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.25Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, AustraliaAbstract
Trends – The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases reported in Australia remains relatively low, although new case numbers did increase more than twofold in this two-week reporting period compared to the previous two weeks. The daily average number of cases for this reporting period was seventeen, compared to an average of eight cases per day in the previous fortnight. There were 243 cases of COVID-19 and one new death this fortnight, bringing the cumulative case count to 29,550 with 910 deaths.
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