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The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 January 2020, in Victoria , when a man who had returned from Wuhan , Hubei Province, China , tested positive ...
On 30 April 2020, the ACT declared itself to be free of all known cases of COVID-19, the first Australian jurisdiction. [87] However, on 4 May there was a one new case, a young woman who acquired the virus overseas. [88] On 10 May, the ACT was again free of active COVID-19 cases.
On 3 January to 3pm, a total of 499,958 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Australia, 2,266 deaths, and there were approximately 218,505 active cases. 55,634,500 tests had been done, 0.9% were positive. [ 2 ] Also on 3 January, in New South Wales (NSW), daily new COVID-19 case figures rose over 50%, from 23,131 the day before to 35,054.
The deadliest cluster in Australia was at St Basil's Homes for the Aged in Victoria, where 45 residents died. Deaths. As of 12 October 2021, officially 1,461 people linked to COVID-19 have died in Australia. At least 753 deaths were residents in aged care facilities, and at least 29 deaths had been passengers or crew on cruise ships.
The COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales, Australia was part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The first confirmed case in New South Wales was identified on 19 January 2020 in Sydney where three travellers returning from Wuhan , Hubei , China, tested positive ...
On 27 June, at 1pm, Darwin went into a 'snap' lockdown, for at least 48 hours, after more COVID-19 cases were confirmed that were linked to the Granites gold mine case. They were believed to be of the delta COVID-19 variant. The affected areas are the Darwin, Palmerston and Litchfield council areas.
There were 778 COVID-19 cases in NSW in hospital, 125 in intensive care and 52 requiring ventilation. [110][111] On 28–29 August the official national COVID death toll reached 999 after 6 more deaths in NSW of confirmed cases. One woman and five men, all were aged in their 70s and 80s, and died in hospital.
On 31 July from 4pm, 11 LGAs in South East Queensland went into a snap lockdown for 3 days. This was after 6 new locally acquired cases of the Delta COVID variant. The areas affected were: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Moreton Bay, Noosa, Redlands, Sunshine Coast, Somerset and Scenic Rim.