COVID-19 Activity Surveillance 2023
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This graph is updated when possible using data from the Aust Government Department of Health, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System and other government websites.
Note that numbers can vary as updates are made to surveillance information at different times.
This graph now includes laboratory confirmed cases and positive Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) that have been reported. Many positive RATs are not reported so the statistics presented in this graph are somewhat lower than overall positive cases in the community.
GISAID
Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID)
The GISAID Initiative promotes the rapid sharing of data from all influenza viruses and the coronavirus causing COVID-19. For more information including the tracking of COVID-19 variants, see here.
Australia
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
NOTE: State reports below are updated regularly with available data.
2023 Reporting
Over the week ending 22 August 2023, there were 5,344 cases of COVID-19 reported across Australia, an average of 763 cases per day. It should be noted that many positive RATs are not reported.
AVERAGE DAILY confirmed cases for the week ending 22 August 2023 from each state and territory are as follows:
ACT 23
NSW 307
NT 8
QLD 134
SA 81
TAS 41
VIC 66
WA 104
In Australia, from 3 January 2020 to 6:30pm CEST, 16 August 2023, there have been 11,576,428 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 22,696 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 August 2023, a total of 68,480,571 vaccine doses have been administered.
CRISPER Overview for 11 August 2023
COVID-19 cases reported in the past week:
State/Territory | COVID-19 Cases in Past Week | Total COVID-19 Cases since 2020 |
---|---|---|
ACT | 191 | 247,736 |
NSW | 1,993 | 4,127,679 |
NT | 0 | 108,463 |
QLD | 1,281 | 1,878,814 |
SA | 503 | 878,405 |
TAS | 217 | 306,600 |
VIC | 442 | 3,063,492 |
WA | 677 | 1,372,497 |
Australia | 5,304 | 11,983,686 |
Australian Capital Territory
Reporting for week 18 – 21 August 2023
ACT Health has been notified of three COVID-19 related deaths during this reporting period; two males in their 70’s and one male in his 80’s. None of these deaths occurred during the current reporting period.
There have been 59 COVID-19 related deaths in 2023, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths for the pandemic to 271.
KEY POINTS:
- Confirmed cases since March 2020: 245,283
- Number of new cases this week: 160
- Currently in hospital: 7
- Currently in ICU: 0
- Lives lost this week: 3
- Total lives lost since March 2020: 271
For more information: https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/updates/act-covid-19-statistics
New South Wales
Week ending 19 August 2023
Notification data is obtained from laboratory tests for infections, and for COVID-19 only includes tests reported by the public to NSW Health. This indicator provides information about community infection.
COVID-19 notification rates are stable across all age-groups and LHDs.
Summary for week ending 24 August:
- 634 patients were hospitalised
- 13 patients were admitted to ICU
- 41 lives have been lost in the past 7 days
For more information: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/stats-nsw.aspx#active
Northern Territory
For the fortnight ending 18 August 2023
Summary:
- New cases (last 7 days): 80
- Currently in hospital: 3
- Lives lost (since March 2020): 108
- Total cases (since March 2020): 108,152
For more information: https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au
Queensland
Update for 11 August 2023
Summary:
- Total number of new confirmed cases (last 7 days): 1,281
- Hospitalisations in the past week: 119
- In ICU this past week: 1
- Lives lost (since March 2020): 3,113
- Lives lost (in last 7 days): 0
For more information: https://crisper.net.au/dashboard/#/
South Australia
Update for week ending 23 August 2023
Summary:
- There were 543 cases of COVID-19 infection notified this week.
- There have been 930,316 cases reported in South Australia since the beginning of the pandemic.
- Deaths notified in the past week: 0
- Total deaths since March 2020: 1,573
Tasmania
Update for the fortnight ending 13 August 2023
Key messages:
- The percentage of PCR tests positive for COVID-19 continued to decrease to approximately 1.5% in recent weeks, following a decrease from approximately 6% in late May.
- The number of reported COVID-19 cases state-wide remains low following a small peak in the current wave in May, with 190 and 206 cases notified in the weeks ending 06 August 2023 and 13 August 2023, respectively.
- From 1 January 2023 to 13 August 2023, a total of 21,734 COVID-19 cases were reported in Tasmanian residents. Of these total cases, 5,810 cases (27.2%) resided in the North, 4,026 cases (18.8%) resided in the North-West, and 11,552 cases (54.0%) resided in the South.
- In recent weeks, weekly notification rates of COVID-19 remained less than 1 per 1,000 people in almost all LGAs. In the week ending 13 August 2023, the highest number of cases were reported from the Hobart, Glenorchy and Kingborough LGAs. The notification rate was highest in the South.
- The trends indicate a continued decrease in COVID-19 activity since late May and very low community transmission.
For more information: https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/facts/tasmanian-statistics
Victoria
Update for 18 – 24 August 2023
Summary:
- New cases (last 7 days): 479*
- In hospital (7-day average): 101
- In ICU (7-day average): 4
- Total lives lost since March 2020: 8,362
- Lives lost (average per day for past week): 2
*The recommendation to report positive rapid antigen test result was removed on 30 June, so new cases include PCR test results only from 1 July.
For more information: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coronavirus-covid-19-data
Western Australia
Update for the week ending 20 August 2023
Summary:
In the past week, 767 COVID-19 cases were notified in WA, which was 6% higher compared to the previous week. Of these, 33% were diagnosed by PCR test and 67% were diagnosed by rapid antigen test. Of note, 107 COVID-19 PCR results were notified in a backlog of data this week, resulting in a higher than expected number of confirmed cases.
For more information: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I/Infectious-disease-data/COVID19-Weekly-Surveillance-Report