COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 62 Reporting period ending 5 June 2022
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SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, AustraliaAbstract
As of report 62 onward, the case data provided in this report includes both polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed and rapid antigen test (RAT) probable cases reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), unless otherwise specified. Case definitions are in accordance with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) National Guidelines for Public Health Units (SoNG).
At the time of extraction, RAT probable cases were not yet reported to NNDSS from the Northern Territory, Tasmania, and Western Australia; RAT probable cases from Victoria since 2 June 2022 have not yet been reported. At the time of extraction, Queensland has only reported RAT probable cases that have been conducted in a clinical setting; self-administered RAT probable cases are not reported to NNDSS. Due to transmission issues, data was not available from Western Australia since 4 June 2022.
Trends – Nationally, there has been a declining trend in weekly case numbers since mid-May 2022. In the last four weeks from 9 May to 5 June 2022, there were there were 506,923 PCR confirmed and 389,085 RAT probable cases of COVID-19 reported in Australia. In the most recent reporting fortnight, a total of 356,979 confirmed and probable cases were notified (an average of 25,499 cases per day), compared to 539,029 in the previous fortnight (38,502 cases per day).
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