COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 58 Reporting period ending 13 February 2022
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.9Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, AustraliaAbstract
In the last four weeks from 17 January to 13 February 2022, there were over 593,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported in Australia, with a decrease in cases numbers observed each week. In the most recent fortnight, a total of 175,637 confirmed cases were notified (an average of 12,546 cases per day), compared to 418,218 in the previous fortnight (29,873 cases per day).
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