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"This week Australia became a world leader.
But it wasn't for a feat of engineering or some sort of sporting achievement —
it was an unwelcome title.
According to global databases, Australia led the world in per-capita COVID
infections (if you ignore the tiny islands of Montserrat, Anguilla and The
Falklands).
On Friday, 54,591 cases were reported across Australia, on the back of two
consecutive days of about 58,000 cases, with Western Australia bracing for new
infection records.
Saturday's numbers moved the official seven-day average to more than 48,000
daily cases, putting Australia behind only Germany and the US in total new
daily cases recorded.
The data tracking Australia's COVID-19 developments provide a guide to how the
country is faring in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Some countries, such as Denmark, have scrapped COVID-19 testing
recommendations, and others have scaled back testing regimes, meaning getting
like-for-like comparisons across the world is now more difficult.
However in Australia, hospitalisations and deaths are also tracking upwards,
with the average number of COVID-related daily deaths hitting 40, doubling
since March.
But with the country in the middle of an election campaign — in which COVID
barely gets a mention — a war raging in Ukraine, the cost of living rising and
following more than two years COVID restrictions, the virus has, understandably
to some, dropped off the radar."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
