COVID-19 epidemiology reports, Australia, 2020
-latest report with data up to 13SEPT2020
🦠"The global case fatality rate (CFR) is approximately 3.2% and is decreasing as case identification improves"
🦠674/26,753 detected cases (2.5%) were fatal
www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/…
🦠44% of 12,636 cases (47% of all recorded COVID-19 cases in Australia) had fever, 63% had cough, 39% had sore throat, 25% had runny nose - all in a wide range of combinations
🦠Most of the past month's 36 sequenced genomes from New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia belong to B.1.1.25 lineage. Other different sporadically detected lineages likely represent travel-introduced variants
🦠2cases of confirmed Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS; in Victoria) & 2 'possible' cases (VIC & NSW)
🟠sits within expected 5-20 cases per 1,000 of COVID-19
🟠5-18 years of age
🟠2 in ICU
🟠all shown favourable recovery
🦠Border controls & 'Stage 3' lockdowns seem to be associated with subsequent peak-killing change
🦠Most *detections* are in the 20-40 year old age groups
🦠The highest *proportion* (cases per 100,000 population) are those in the oldest age groups, followed by those aged 20-40 years
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