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"Covid hospital admissions have reached their highest level since early
February when Australia’s health system faced great pressure at the end of the
first Omicron wave.
The surge has prompted calls from leading epidemiologists and the Australian
Medical Association (AMA) for stronger mask mandates, with concerns there are
double the number of infections silently spreading through the community than
official figures suggest.
The national total of hospital admissions reached 3,781 on Wednesday, up from
3,740 on Tuesday and 3,511 on Monday – the highest numbers have been since 8
February.
The nation is recording on average 33,000 cases each day.
The fresh wave of Covid cases and the spike in hospital admissions is being
driven by the highly transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron, which are
more infectious and adept at evading immunity."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: July 7, 2022
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-68770312
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
