COVID-19 Australia: Epidemiology Report 69 Reporting period ending 18 December 2022
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SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, acute respiratory disease, epidemiology, COVAbstract
Four-week reporting period (21 November – 18 December 2022)
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).
The Australian Capital Territory did not supply hospitalisation data from 12 November to 24 November 2022 and testing data from 12 November 2022, due to technical reasons.
Trends –Nationally, COVID-19 case notifications have increased since late October 2022, consistent with a fourth wave of transmission driven by a combination of existing and newly emerging Omicron subvariants. In the four-week period 21 November – 18 December 2022, there were 167,208 confirmed and 257,771 probable cases of COVID-19 reported in Australia to NNDSS. In the latter reporting fortnight, a total of 223,115 confirmed and probable cases were notified (an average of 15,937 cases per day), compared to 201,864 in the previous fortnight (14,419 cases per day).
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