Australia is firmly in a Sixth Covid-19 wave. Cases have continued to rise since the start of March from the low 20,000’s to current highs in the high 60,000’s. Our death rate seems to have plateaued at around 40 per day. Daily hospitalisations are still increasing, currently approaching 6000 per day. A good sign is that the number of people requiring a ventilator continues to show a steady state at around 100. By my figures the virus reproduction rate is sitting in a band between 0.5 and 1.35. For us to move forward this has to be consistently kept under 1.
The rest of the world appears to have found a new, higher band of continuing infection, in the order of 850,000 to 2,200,00. Many countries are reporting their highest Covid-19 case rate since the start of the pandemic, but the death rates are slowing dramatically.
The war in Ukraine continues, with Russia not making the “easy” progress they may have thought they would achieve. Talks of a peace agreement are still being made, but Russia has shown no firm signs of this.
The two charts below show the Global and Australian Daily New Covid-19 Cases.
Follow the link below to find my March 2022 Covid-19 Diary
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