Thread by @MackayIM

👑Australian #COVID19 epidemiology report, week ~04MAY-10MAY
"In the past reporting week new cases in Australia are mostly considered to be locally acquired, consistent with the drop in international travel"
www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/…

"The crude case fatality rate in Australia remains low (1.4%), compared with the WHO reported global rate (6.9%). The low case fatality rate is likely reflective of high case detection and high quality of health care services in Australia."

"At the jurisdictional level NSW, Vic, Qld, SA, and ACT reported their highest rates of new cases during the week 16–22 March"

"No cases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons have been notified from remote or very remote areas of Australia."
-fantastic job keeping a vulnerable group of Aussies safe

"The lowest rate of disease was among children in the 0–9 years age group, with 2.6 cases per 100,000 population. Among those in the 10–19 years age group, the rate of disease was 7.0 cases per 100,000 population"

"Approximately 3% of hospitalised cases were children and young adults aged 19 years and under. Of this group, the highest proportion of hospitalised cases was among children aged 5 and under, with hospitalisation of 12% of cases."
-some precautionary; 2 admitted to ICU (10-19yo)

"Cruise ships account for a substantial proportion of cases of COVID-19 in Australia. Of cases with a reported place of acquisition, 18% (n=1,107) were acquired at sea on a cruise ship."

"The symptoms reported by COVID-19 cases in Australia are consistent with a mild respiratory infection in the majority of cases. The most common symptoms reported (Figure 7) were cough (69%), fever (47%), sore throat (40%) and headache (36%)."
-great representation here

"In addition, loss of smell was reported from 609 cases and loss of taste from 580 cases. These conditions were reported in approximately 12% of cases, noting that this is
currently not a standard field in NNDSS, and is likely to under-represent those" with these symptoms

Among those aged 19 years and under, asthma
was the most common comorbid condition,
reported by 12% (n = 23) of all cases and 27%
(n = 3) of hospitalised cases in this age group"
"10.3% (95% CI 9.3–11.3%) of young Australians aged 0–17 estimated to have asthma in 2017–2018"

"In a minority of cases more severe complications are reported, with pneumonia and/or acute respiratory disease (ARD) reported in 3% of cases with symptoms."

"The symptom profile of Australian cases is broadly similar to the symptoms reported by COVID-19 cases internationally. Among EU/EEA countries, fever/chills, dry or productive cough and sore through were the most commonly reported symptoms."

"The most commonly reported comorbid conditions among hospitalised cases were cardiac disease (19%), diabetes (18%) and chronic respiratory conditions (13%). Obesity was reported as a comorbid condition by 7% (n = 43) of hospitalised cases (Table 6)."