COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 65 Reporting period ending 28 August 2022
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.57Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, AustraliaAbstract
Four-week reporting period (1–28 August 2022)
As of report 62 onward, the case data provided in this report includes both confirmed and probable cases reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), unless otherwise specified. Case definitions for confirmed and probable cases are in accordance with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Series of National Guidelines for Public Health Units (SoNG).
At the time of extraction, probable cases were not yet available from the Northern Territory, or Tasmania; and were incomplete from Victoria since 29 July 2022. At the time of extraction, Queensland was only reporting probable cases with a rapid antigen test conducted in a clinical setting; probable cases with a self-administered rapid antigen test were not reported to NNDSS. Due to transmission issues, data are incomplete for confirmed cases from Western Australia since 10 July 2022.
Trends – Nationally, weekly case numbers have decreased since the week ending 24 July 2022. In the reporting period 1–28 August 2022, there were 216,847 confirmed and 262,739 probable cases of COVID-19 reported in Australia to NNDSS. In the latter fortnight (15–28 August 2022) of the reporting period, 170,564 confirmed and probable cases were notified (an average of 12,183 cases per day), compared to 309,022 in the previous fortnight (22,073 cases per day); together, these mark the lowest case numbers observed in a reporting period during 2022.
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