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"The number of active Covid cases has exploded across the country as Australia
enters its fourth wave, prompting renewed warnings to protect vulnerable aged
care residents.
Jurisdictions collectively recorded more than 58,000 new cases of Covid in the
past week, with some states reporting a doubling in the number of people
hospitalised with the virus.
New South Wales recorded 19,800 new cases in the past seven days, Victoria had
16,636 new cases, and Western Australia recorded more than 8,000. South
Australia had 6,867 new cases in the past week, Queensland recorded 5,828, and
the ACT and NT had 1,194 and 369 new cases respectively. Tasmania was yet to
publish its weekly case numbers by 3.30pm on Friday.
NSW’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said it was clear the country was
now in its fourth wave. Chant expected that the wave would probably peak before
Christmas given its current trajectory.
“The wave is taking off with some trajectory, it will be quite a steep wave and
hopefully the decline will be equally as steep,” she said on Friday.
“There is a sense that the wave may well peak before Christmas and we may be on
the decline [by then].
“But the message is clear … this is an increased risk period for Covid, so
please, now is the time to take those protective behaviours.”"
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
