Here’s a quick summary of the COVID-19 news and case numbers for each Australian jurisdiction over the past week, as reported on Friday 21 October 2022.
States and territories now report their COVID-19 statistics weekly instead of the daily updates that have been provided since the early days of the pandemic.
This story will be updated throughout the day, so if you don’t see your state or territory, check back later.
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Victory
Victoria reports its deaths from COVID as an average of seven days.
It reported 33 deaths this week and 6,860 cases, down from last week’s figure of 8,061.
Hospitalizations are down slightly, with 143 people in hospital this week. Nine people are in the ICU.
New South Wales
NSW reported 22 deaths from COVID-19 in the week to 4pm on Thursday.
The number of people hospitalized has dropped slightly from 913 to 876, but there are still 20 people in ICU.
8,836 new cases were reported last week, down from last week’s total of 11,900.
Queensland
Queensland has recorded 20 known deaths from COVID-19 in the latest reporting period.
As of midnight on October 19, 5,823 new cases were reported.
There are 109 people in hospital, with two in intensive care.
ACT
The ACT recorded 579 cases of COVID-19 in the past week and one new death.
There are 49 people in the hospital, including one person in the ICU.
South Australia
SA Health has reported three other deaths of people with COVID, but says the deaths did not occur in the week they were reported.
There have been 2,559 new cases in South Australia this week, with 50 people in hospital, including three in intensive care.
Western Australia
WA has recorded three deaths, dating back to September 14, 2022, and 4,931 new cases this week.
There were 197 people in hospital with COVID-19 as of 4pm yesterday, including seven in ICU.
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