COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 42 Reporting period ending 23 May 2021
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.30Keywords:
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 very low, especially in this reporting period when the daily average number of cases was four, compared to an average of eleven cases per day in the previous fortnight. There were 50 cases of COVID-19 this fortnight, bringing the cumulative case count to 29,757.
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