COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 47 Reporting period ending 1 August 2021

Authors

  • COVID-19 National Incident Room Surveillance Team COVID-19 National Incident Room Surveillance Team, Australian Government Department of Health, GPO Box 9484, MDP 14, Canberra, ACT 2601. Email: epi.coronavirus@health.gov.au

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.41

Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, Australia

Abstract

Trends – There has been an increase in the weekly number of new cases of COVID-19 since mid-June 2021. The daily average of 175 cases for this reporting period was more than double the previous fortnight’s daily average of 85 cases. There were 2,456 cases of COVID-19 this fortnight, bringing the 2021 cumulative case count to 5,680.

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Published

12/08/21

How to Cite

COVID-19 National Incident Room Surveillance Team. 2021. “COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 47 Reporting Period Ending 1 August 2021”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 45 (August). https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.41.

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COVID-19 epidemiology report

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