Coronavirus (COVID-19) at a look – 15 August 2022

As at 3pm on 15 August 2022, a complete of 9,810,517 instances of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, together with 12,886 deaths, and roughly 212,834 lively instances. 

• COVID-19 instances have been reported throughout all ages:
  • The median age of all instances is 31 years (vary: 0 to 110 years).
  • The median age of deaths is 83 years (vary: 0 to 110 years).
• There’s a comparatively equal ratio of male-to-female instances throughout most age teams.
• In 2020 case numbers reached an preliminary peak on the finish of March. This was adopted by a interval of low case numbers. In mid-June 2020 case numbers began to extend earlier than reaching a secondary peak in early August 2020. Case numbers progressively declined and remained low with spikes occurring in mid-late December 2020 and mid-late April 2021. From late June 2021, case numbers elevated and peaked from late September to mid-October 2021. From mid-December 2021, case numbers elevated sharply and peaked in January 2022.
• To this point, greater than 77,355,500 exams have been performed nationally.
• The ‘instances in aged care companies’ desk presents the variety of instances which were reported amongst care recipients in Australian Authorities-subsidised residential and in-home care settings in every state and territory.