COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 59 Reporting period ending 13 March 2022
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.25Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, AustraliaAbstract
In the last four weeks from 14 February to 13 March 2022, there were over 276,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported in Australia, with weekly cases increasing across the four-week reporting period. In the most recent fortnight, a total of 148,850 confirmed cases were notified (an average of 10,632 cases per day), compared to 127,450 in the previous fortnight (9,104 cases per day).
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