Source: ABCnews
Here’s a quick wrap of each Australian jurisdiction’s latest COVID-19 statistics today — Tuesday, March 29.
You can get a more detailed, visual breakdown through the ABC’s Charting the Spread story here.
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- VIC — five deaths, 284 cases in hospital
- NSW — nine deaths, 1,283 cases in hospital
- TAS — one death, 22 cases in hospital
- ACT — no new deaths, 49 cases in hospital
- QLD — nine deaths, 325 cases in hospital
- WA — six deaths, 219 cases in hospital
- SA — one death, 170 cases in hospital
- NT — no new deaths, 12 cases in hospital
Victoria
There have been another five COVID-19 deaths in Victoria.
There are 284 cases in hospital, with 33 of them in intensive care, and six requiring ventilation.
There were 10,916 new cases today.
New South Wales
The state has recorded nine more COVID-19 deaths.
There are 1,283 cases in hospital, 53 of those are in intensive care.
There were 21,494 new cases announced today.
Tasmania
One new COVID-19 death has been announced in the state today.
There are 22 cases in hospital, but Tasmania’s Department of Health says only five of those people are being treated specifically for COVID-19 symptoms.
There were 2,324 new cases announced today.
ACT
There are 49 people being treated in hospital for COVID in the ACT, four of them in intensive care.
Today, the ACT reached a new vaccination milestone, with 80 per cent of Canberra children aged five to 11 having received a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Almost 98 per cent of Canberrans eligible for a vaccine have now received two doses and 72.8 per cent of Canberrans aged 16 and older have received their booster.
There were 1,063 new cases today.
Last week, 1,501 cases of COVID-19 were reported to 126 ACT schools.
Queensland
There have been nine more COVID-19 deaths in the state.
Queensland has 325 cases in hospital, with 14 of those in intensive care.
There were 10,326 new cases announced today.
Western Australia
The state has recorded another six COVID-19 deaths.
There are now 219 West Australians in hospital with the virus, six of them in intensive care.
Another 8,910 cases were announced today.
South Australia
SA has recorded another 4,201 cases of COVID and one death, a woman in her 80s.
The state now has 30,767 known active cases.
There are 170 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including seven in intensive care. Two of them are on ventilators.
Northern Territory
The NT has recorded 408 new COVID cases in the latest reporting period, meaning the total number of known active cases across the territory is sitting at 2,214.
There are currently 12 patients in hospital, with one patient requiring oxygen. There are two patients in ICU.
Of today’s new cases, 363 were detected via rapid antigen tests.
