Life under social isolation or mandatory "stay home orders".

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29 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 227 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 52

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PCRs remain restricted in who can access them to test for covid.
RATs remain very hard to get hold of , further reducing the reliability of reported known VOC cases in all states with the exceptions of WA and NT where case loads are VOC case numbers remain low.

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY NEW CASES & DEATHS OVERNIGHT

AUS + 39889 new cases ==> 2336802 * and today's COVID DEATHS = 97.

NSW + 13354 new cases ==> 972264 cases ,49 DEAD , ,+ve RATs are RECORDED IN NSW
VIC + 12250 new cases==> 801691 cases , 31 DEAD , PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN VIC *
QLD + 10391 new cases ==> 388405 , 12 DEAD , PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN QLD *
WA + 23 (local) new cases ==> 301 , PCR ONLY RECORDED IN WA
SA + 1790 new cases ==> 100406 cases * , 5 DEAD, PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN SA
ACT + 620 new cases ==> 32796 cases *, 0 DEAD .PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN ACT
TAS + 683 new cases ==> 28490 cases * , 0 DEAD , PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN TAS
NT + 828! new cases ==> 123491 cases, 0 DEAD , PCR ONLY RECORDED IN NT

NZ + 97 (LOCAL) cases==> 11860 !, PCR ONLY RECORDED IN NZ , NO RESTRICTIONS ON PCR TESTING NZ <== ACCURATE CASE NUMBERS.

* not considered reliable numbers because in NSW -ve RATs are not being mandated to be reported and access to PCR tests is restricted ONLY to those ordered to be PCR tested and those who are symptomatic.
The concensas is the case numbers in ! are under-reporting actual case numbers to a significant degree , perhaps low by 2x fold or more.

Health experts are calling for a mandate for all RAT test results ( negative or positive ) to be reported and for free access to RATs for ALL Australians ON DEMAND.

COMBINED DELTA & OMICRON WAVE IN AUSTRALIA

NATIONAL DAILY CASES SNAPSHOT

NATIONAL PCR POSITIVITY = 17.1%

NATIONAL CASES SNAPSHOT

15/1/2022 = 100595 ##
16/1/2022 = 63051 #*#
17/1/2022 = 73818 #*#
18/1/2022 = 72850 #*#
19/1/2022 = 79565 #*#
20/1/2022 = 75668 #*#
21/1/2022 = 64513 #*#
22/1/2022 = 55124 #*#
23/1/2022 = 48981 #*#
24/1/2022 = 40683 #*#
25/1/2022 = 46845 #*#
26/1/2022 = 52613 #*#
27/1/2022 = 46872 #*#
28/1/2022 = 40174 #*#
29/1/2022 = 39889 #*#

Rules for getting official PCR test in effect , many fewer people can now show up and demand a PCR test unless told to by their state's health department or they are sick + very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )
concensus is UNDERreporting because ! are NOW under reporting by at least 2 fold ( ie NSW case numbers are no longer reliable ).
backdated +RATs included.

DELTA & OMICRON DEATHS TODAY

NSW = +49 ==> NSW total in this DELTA WAVE = 1264
Victoria +31 ==> VIC total in this DELTA WAVE = 1165
QLD = +12 ==>QLD total in this DELTA WAVE = 949
SA = +5 ==> SA total in this DELTA WAVE = 108
ACT ==> ACT total in this DELTA WAVE = 26
TAS ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 4
NT total in this DELTA WAVE ( and for entire pandemic ) = 2
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Australia = +97 ==> 3526 total since mid June 2021.

 

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29 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 227 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 52 PT2 < NSW PART 1>

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29 January 2022
Across NSW, > 95 % of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94 % have received two doses to Thursday 27 January 2022.
Of people aged 12 to 15, 83.1 % have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.4 % have received two doses.
Of people aged 5 to 11, 35.2 % have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of 49 people with COVID-19; 28 women and 21 men. These deaths were reported in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Of the 49 people who died;
2 people were in their 60s,
10 people were in their 70s,
17 people were in their 80s,
19 people were in their 90s,
and 1 person was aged 100 years old. Older age is a significant risk factor for serious illness and death for COVID-19, particularly when combined with significant underlying health conditions.
1 person who died was aged under 65. This man, aged in his 60s, had received 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and had significant underlying health conditions.

11 of the 49 people who died had received 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine,
24 people had received two doses,
2 people had received one dose,
and 12 people were not vaccinated.

25 people were from south-western Sydney,
7 people were from western Sydney,
3 people were from Sydney's inner west,
2 people were from northern Sydney,
2 people were from southern Sydney,
2 people were from the Mid North Coast,
1 person was from Sydney's eastern suburbs,
1 person was from the Newcastle area,
1 person was from the Lake Macquarie area,
1 person was from the Tamworth region,
1 person was from northern NSW,
1 person was from the Riverina,
1 person was from the state's central west,
and 1 person was from the Mid Coast ( Forster / Myall Lakes / Taree ) area.

NSW Health expresses its sincere condolences to their loved ones. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,316.
There are currently 2,693 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 186 people in intensive care, 73 of whom require ventilation.
There were 13,354 positive test results (cases) notified to 8pm last night – including 5,426 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 7,928 positive PCR tests.

There has now been a total of 241,034 positive RATs recorded since reporting began on 13 January 2022. The 7,928 positive PCR results were returned from 58,100 PCR tests. Following further investigation, 77 COVID-19 cases detected by PCR tests have been excluded and 716 cases previously reported as RAT-positive have now been confirmed as PCR-positive cases, bringing the total number of cases detected by PCR tests in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 806,133.

Of the 13,354 positive test results,
1,841 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD) (1,141 PCR and 700 RATs),
1,720 are from Hunter New England LHD (1,075 PCR and 645 RATs),
1,646 are from Western Sydney LHD (1,047 PCR and 599 RATs),
1,504 from South Eastern Sydney LHD (864 PCR and 640 RATs),
1,283 from Northern Sydney LHD (660 PCR and 623 RATs),
993 are from Sydney LHD (609 PCR and 384 RATs),
782 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven (511 PCR and 271 RATs),
684 are from the Central Coast (416 PCR and 268 RATs),
665 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD (413 PCR and 252 RATs),
529 are from Northern NSW LHD (274 PCR and 255 RATs),
471 are from Western NSW LHD (282 PCR and 189 RATs),
434 are from Murrumbidgee LHD (194 PCR and 240 RATs),
323 are from Mid North Coast LHD (96 PCR and 227 RATs),
247 are from Southern NSW LHD (152 PCR and 95 RATs),
30 are from Far West LHD (13 PCR and 17 RATs),
15 are in correctional settings,
and 187 are yet to be assigned to an LHD (166 PCR and 21 RATs).

NSW Reff = 7d mvg avg (t) / 7d mvg avg (t-4) = 0.89

NSW PCR POSITIVITY = 13.6%

G-SYDNEY LHDs

SATELLITE REGIONAL LHDs [ HNE, CNTRL CST, ISH, NBMts, WNSW ]

NSW has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic while Victoria continues to mark some of the highest daily deaths since 2020. ( Yesterday included 35 backdated deaths in residential aged care that were NOT reported when they should have been . )

NSW reported 49 deaths on Saturday - beating the record 46 reported last week.

In a positive twist, the state has experienced a dip in Covid-19 cases with 12,250 new infections - down from the previous 12,755.

NSW has recorded a slight bump with 13,354 new cases - up from 13,333.

Hospitalisations have dropped slightly in both states with NSW recording 2,693 patients - down from 2,737.

NSW recorded a slight dip in ICU rates with 186 patients now being treated - down from 189 - while Victoria has remained steady at 114.

More than eight million rapid antigen tests have been distributed to over 3,000 NSW schools ahead of the return of term one of the year.

Education secretary Georgina Harrisson says the test distribution has been 'one of the most challenging logistical undertakings in recent memory'.

Parents should already have been informed about how they can pick up RATs before the first day of term for public school students begins on Tuesday.

Those attending private schools returned to school on Thursday.

The government released its back-to-school plan on Sunday, with advice that all students take a rapid test before the first day of term one.

As criticism grew over the distribution of tests around the state, Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Thursday there was 'never a requirement' for students to be rapid tested on day one of term.

Department staff have been volunteering their time, some of them delivering test kits to schools using their own cars, while one school used a ferry to get kits to families.

The back-to-school plan says testing will continue twice a week for the first four weeks of the term.

The premier said on Friday as school returned and people went back to the office there was 'no doubt' case numbers would increase.

He added our 'health care system, hospitalisations and ICU' were in a 'strong position' to handle a possible rise in cases.
'Living alongside the virus means there will be cases of the virus in the community each and every day.
'When mobility increases, case numbers increase. That is the model we've moved to in NSW, Australia and around the world.'

Some 2737 were hospitalised with COVID-19 on Friday, easing only slightly from the highest-ever number of 2943, reported in the state on Wednesday.

NSW recorded 70 COVID-19 deaths on Friday, including 35 fatalities from aged care facilities who lagged on reporting to local health authorities in the past month.

 

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29 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 227 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 52 PT3 < NSW REGIONAL >

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HNE
There are currently 65 COVID-19 cases receiving care in hospitals across the Hunter New England Local Health District, and six in intensive care units.
HNE are reporting the deaths of four people; three females and one male. Two were in their 80s, one was in their 60s and one was in their 90s.
One is from Lake Macquarie LGA, one is from Mid Coast LGA, one is from Newcastle LGA and one is from Tamworth LGA. Our sincere condolences go out to their family and friends.

1720 recorded COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England region. Total for Delta - Omicrom Wave = 81534

WNSW

You can report your positive Rapid Antigen Test via the Service NSW app or by calling 13 77 88.
Get your vaccinations and do not skip your booster. Children aged 5-11 are also now eligible for vaccination.
Be COVID-safe all the time. Wear a mask wherever required. Wash and sanitise hands frequently. Socially distance wherever possible. Use QR codes. Take care around older people, or people with health conditions.
Plan ahead. Have a Plan C ready for if you, or someone in your household, needs to self-isolate.
Up to 8pm last night, there were 26 people in hospital with COVID-19 across the District. Of those, there were 3 in ICU.
We offer our sincere condolences to the loved ones of a person from our region whose death was reported in the 24-hours to 8pm last night.
There were 282 positive PCR test results and 189 positive Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) results identified in WNSWLHD.
Note, there may be some cases where people have reported multiple positive RAT results and/or also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period, resulting in duplicates.
Positive test results were identified in the following LGAs:
Bathurst - 88
Blayney - 17
Bogan - 1
Bourke - 6
Brewarrina - 2
Cabonne - 25
Cobar - 3
Coonamble - 6
Cowra - 9
Dubbo - 107
Forbes - 10
Gilgandra - 4
Lachlan - 6
Mid-Western - 30
Narromine - 11
Oberon - 3
Orange - 115
Parkes - 15
Walgett - 2
Warren- 0
Warrumbungle - 9
Weddin - 2

FWNSW
Far West LHD COVID-19 Update
There were 13 cases of COVID-19 reported from PCR tests in the Far West Local Health District (FWLHD) to 8pm last night.
These cases are located 2 in Broken Hill and 11 in Wentworth LGA.
There were 17 positive rapid antigen (RAT) tests reported for the LHD. (RAT tests are only reported at LHD level. RAT numbers may include cases where people have reported positive RATs on multiple days and/or where people have also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period).

471 recorded COVID-19 cases in the WNSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 18283
30 recorded COVID-19 cases in the FarWNSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 1310

NNSW
To 8pm 28 January, 529 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Northern NSW Local Health District, including 274 positive PCR tests and 255 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT).
Confirmed tests by LGA (both PCR and RAT):
#Ballina 77
#Byron 61
#Clarence Valley 67
#Kyogle 5
#Lismore 60
#Richmond Valley 41
#Tweed Heads 218
There are 36 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with 6 of these in ICU.
Sadly, today Northern NSW are reporting the death of one person aged in their 80s from COVID-19. They were from the Tweed shire.

MID N CST
There were 323 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Mid North Coast Local Health District to 8pm yesterday (28 January 2022) – including 227 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 96 positive PCR tests*.
Sadly, Mid North Coast Health is reporting the deaths of two people with COVID-19 – one person in their 90s from Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA and one person in their 60s from Coffs Harbour LGA. We extend our sincere condolences to their families and loved ones.
One hundred and forty are from Port Macquarie-Hastings Local Government Area (LGA), 101 are from Coffs Harbour LGA, 45 are from Kempsey LGA, 23 are from Bellingen LGA and 14 are from Nambucca Valley LGA.
There are 66 COVID-19 cases in Mid North Coast hospitals, with four people in intensive care.
There have been 14,798 cases reported in the district since June 2021.
At our Mid North Coast Health clinics, there were 205 tests conducted yesterday.

SNSW
Two hundred and forty seven (247) new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Southern NSW today (includes RAT and PCR test results).
Of the 247 new cases:
Thirty four (34) are in the Bega Valley LGA
Forty nine (49) are in the Eurobodalla LGA
Thirty nine (39) are in the Goulburn Mulwaree LGA
One hundred and one (101) are in the Queanbeyan Palerang LGA
Fifteen (15) are in the Snowy Monaro LGA
Three (3) are in the Upper Lachlan LGA
Six (6) are in the Yass Valley LGA

MURRUMBIDGEE
MLHD has recorded a total of 462 new cases in the past 24 hours to 8pm last night.
#Total PCR Tests 194
#Total RAT Tests 268
#Total in Hospital 23
#Total in ICU 4
Current active cases by LGA ( includes both PCR tests and RAT reported):
#Albury 1,184
#Berrigan 100
#Bland 84
#Carrathool 14
#Coolamon 77
#Cootamundra-Gundagai 96
#EdwardRiver 80
#Federation 223
#GreaterHumeShire 178
#Griffith 1,088
#Hay 23
#Hilltops 323
#Junee 143
#Lachlan 17
#Leeton 209
#Lockhart 21
#MurrayRiver 154
#Murrumbidgee 91
#Narrandera 76
#SnowyValleys 211
#Temora 102
#WaggaWagga 1,503

529 recorded COVID-19 cases in the N-NSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 23940
323 recorded COVID-19 cases in the MID N CST NSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 14803
434 recorded COVID-19 cases in the MURRUMBIDGEE LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 18497
247 recorded COVID-19 cases in the S-NSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 11211

 

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29 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 227 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 52 PT4 < VIC , QLD >

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29/1/2022 VIC
VIC recorded 112250 new cases, VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE is now 801691 cases.
Constrained by extreme shortage of RATs and restricted access to PCRs.

VIC recorded 31 delta deaths..
Omicron VOC is the dominant strain in Victoria as it is in NSW.
Density limits are in place in Victoria .
Vic Health has mandated that RAT +ves must be reported.

The statewide CODE BROWN in VIctoria remains in force.

VIC Reff = 0.81

VIC PCR POSITIVITY = 19.9%

VIC DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS

VIC DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS WITH CURVE

Victoria has reported 31 more COVID-19 deaths, as hospitalisations continue to fall.

There are 953 COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals, down from 988 on Friday.

Of those in hospital, 114 patients are in intensive care and 39 are on ventilators.

The state has reported 12,250 new COVID-19 infections that came from 6,244 PCR tests and 6,006 rapid antigen tests.

It takes the official number of active cases in the state to 79,836, well down from figures of more than 200,000 in mid-January.

Around 37 per cent of Victorians adults have now received at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Victorian health authorities have detected "a handful" of Omicron sub-variant BA.2 cases, as the state posts 12,250 new COVID-19 infections and 31 deaths.
The total number of active cases in the state is 79,836, down from 101,605 reported on Friday.

COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar said authorities had detected "literally a handful" of cases with the Omicron sub-variant, which has been dubbed son of Omicron.
"We're obviously following the international developments on the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron closely," he told reporters in Melbourne.
"It's still very early days in understanding exactly how that's moving around, I'm aware there's a very small number of cases that have been detected here in Victoria."
He moved to assure Victorians son of Omicron was "not a new variant".

Hospitalisations with COVID-19 have fallen by 35 to 953 patients on Saturday.

There are 114 people in intensive care, with 39 of those on a ventilator.

Just two days before schools go back, Mr Weimar said 4.5 million rapid antigen tests had been sent to schools with another two million to be distributed in coming days.

Students and staff are being encouraged to take twice-weekly RATs once school returns.

A vaccination blitz targeting children aged five to 11 has begun at 15 Victorian primary schools, with several state-run vaccine hubs offering walk-up jabs for kids.

More than 37 % of Victorians aged over 18 have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster, with 22,139 doses administered at state hubs on Friday.

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29/1/2022 QLD

QLD recorded 10391 new cases , QLD local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 388405 cases.

QLD recorded 12 delta deaths.

QLD Reff = 0.78

QLD PCR POSITIVITY = 27.7%

QLD DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS

QLD DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS WITH CURVE

Qld records 10,391 new Covid cases, 12 deaths.
Qld's Omicron wave has peaked among part of Queensland’s population with a warning there’s a change in those now most at risk.
Older Queenslanders are being urged to be on high alert and get booster vaccines after it was confirmed the Omicron wave had peaked in younger residents and the state struggles to hit its 90 % double dose vax target.
“The virus has clearly spread through the younger age groups and now this is the group that is most at risk of hospitalisation,” Queensland’s chief health officer Dr John Gerrard said on Saturday.
“We’re going to see a steady fall in hospitalisations over the course of three or four days in the various regions of Queensland.
“This is the peak, it’s not the end. The unknown is what happens as those numbers decline, what the tail looks like.....we’re only sort of halfway through.”

Dr Gerrard’s comments came as Queensland recorded 10,391 new cases and 12 Covid deaths – a third of whom were unvaccinated.

It is a drop on the day before when 12,775 infections were reported.

The number of people with Covid in hospital rose to 853, up from 818 while intensive care admission numbers dropped slightly to 53, down from 54.
“Clearly the epidemic is progressing and so far the outcomes in terms of hospitalisations and complications are significantly lower than what we were expecting,” Dr Gerrard said.

Queensland’s peak came as health authorities in the UK released data showing the newest Covid Omicron variant, known as BA. 2, was more transmissible with a 13.4 % rate of household transmission compared to 10.3 % for the original Omicron.

 

[kingofnobbys]

29 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 227 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 52 PT5 < WA , SA , ACT >

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29/1/2022 WA

WA recorded 23 +ve PCRs , WA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 268 cases.
WA recorded 0 INTL cases.
WA recorded 1 MYSTERY LOCAL cases.
WA recorded 0 delta deaths..

WA Reff = 1.48

WA PCR POSITIVITY = 23/7011 = 0.33%

WA DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

WA COVID-19 update 29 January 2022

WA Health is reporting 22 new local cases and 1 related to interstate travel up until 8pm last night.

Of the 22 new local cases:
• 14 cases are linked to the Library Nightclub Cluster (6 are secondary cases, 8 are linked to the event itself, which include the five reported yesterday but are counted in today’s numbers.
• One case is likely linked to the greater Bunbury cluster.
• Six cases are household contacts from known clusters in the South West, Safety Bay, Rockingham, Willagee and Wheatbelt areas.

1 case is under investigation with no link established to any known clusters.

All cases are now in quarantine and public health continue to investigate and monitor them.

Some of today’s cases have been in infectious while in the community. Contact tracers are working with these cases to determine potential public exposure sites which will be uploaded to the HealthyWA website when confirmed.

WA Health is also reporting one case of an interstate traveller, who is in quarantine.

Today’s figures bring the State’s total number of active COVID-19 cases to 137. Of these, 12 are in hotel quarantine and 124 are in self-quarantine.
WA has recorded 1485 cases since the COVID-19 pandemic began. To date, 1339 people have recovered.

Hospitalisations:
One case, previously reported, remains in hospital in ICU.

Library Nightclub OUTBREAK:
WA Health is urging anyone who attended the ‘Club Bootylicious’ event at the Library Nightclub between 9:30 pm on 22 January and 5 am 23 January to be tested immediately and isolate until they return a negative test result.

South West region OUTBREAK :
WA Health is urging anyone with symptoms in the South West to be tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result or are advised otherwise by WA Health, following yesterday’s report of a confirmed COVID-19 case in the Bunbury and Collie area.

Wheatbelt OUTBREAK:
WA Health is urging anyone with symptoms in the Wheatbelt to be tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result or are advised otherwise by WA Health, following yesterday’s report of a confirmed COVID-19 case in the region. The one new case for this cluster was not infectious in the community.

Testing:

Wastewater
Viral fragments of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV 2) have been detected in wastewater from City Beach and surrounding suburbs, including Wembley Downs and Floreat.
This unexpected detection was found in a sample collected on Tuesday, 25 January and is of concern as there is no known case of COVID-19 residing, or having reported being in the area at the time of sampling.
COVID-19 viral fragments have also been detected in wastewater collected from the Mandurah area.
A full list of testing clinics is available on HealthyWA website.

Exposure sites
WA Health’s contact tracing team continues to identify exposure sites linked to new cases. High-risk exposure sites will be updated or added to the HealthyWA website. Please continue to check exposure sites regularly.

Testing advice
People are urged to continue to check the exposure sites page of the HealthyWA website for updates, and if they have been to an exposure site to follow the listed health advice.
Anyone in the Perth, Peel, Wheatbelt and the South West regions – particularly the greater Bunbury area – experiencing any symptoms should get tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result. This applies to anyone symptomatic – even if you have not visited a listed exposure site.

A full list of testing clinics and opening hours is available on HealthyWA website.

Testing figures
7,011 people were swabbed at WA clinics yesterday.

Vessels
WA Health is communicating with a vessel, the MV Ballard, off the WA coast with 9 of the 23 crew who are reporting positive rapid antigen tests. Two other crew are symptomatic but have so far tested negative. Authorities are in communication with the Ballard, which was expected to dock in Bunbury on 3 February.
WA Health continues to closely monitor two other vessels off the WA coast, both reporting probable COVID cases on board through positive rapid antigen test results.
All positive crew members on board these vessels are isolating in their cabins and are being monitored safely.

New information for the community about managing COVID-19
New information about managing COVID-19 at home and in the community is on the HealthyWA website.
SafeWA
Yesterday, 2,227,686scans were recorded on the SafeWA app. It is important for everyone to check using SafeWA or the ServiceWA app will help authorities contact those who may be at risk quickly and effectively.

Border controls
Information about Western Australia’s controlled border arrangements, conditions of entry and quarantine is available online.
COVID-19 vaccinations
Yesterday, 11,797 COVID-19 vaccinations were administered in state-run vaccination clinics in Western Australia.
Demand for vaccinations and third doses is increasing. To spread the demand across clinic operating hours and to avoid excessive wait times, people are encouraged to make a booking via Vaccinate WA.
From 31 January 2022, based on the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommendations, Western Australians 18 years and older will be eligible for their COVID-19 booster vaccination, three months following the second dose of the primary course.
Vaccination is the best defence against serious illness or death relating to COVID-19 and we encourage everyone that is eligible for their third dose not to delay and book an appointment on VaccinateWA.

Children’s vaccinations
WA Health is urging parents to vaccinate their children before the start of the new school year. There are paediatric appointments remaining over the weekend at PCEC.

Mandatory vaccination information
A mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for most occupations and workforces in WA is being introduced in a phased approach. For more information on getting your COVID-19 vaccine, visit: Roll Up For WA.

Variants
To date, 448 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 241 Omicron strain, 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 138 Delta strain.

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29/1/2022 SA

SA recorded 1740 NEW CASES , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 100406 cases.

SA recorded 5 delta deaths..

SA Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.

SA Reff = 0.75

SA PCR POSITIVITY = 15.9%

SA DAILY CASES

SA DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

South Australia has reported 1740 new COVID-19 cases, its lowest daily total this year, along with 5 more deaths. Premier Steven Marshall says the state's seven-day case average has now dropped to less than 2000.
"We are definitely now in a very good position compared to where we were four or five weeks ago," he told reporters in Adelaide on Saturday.

Mr Marshall says SA is now down to just under 23,000 active cases.

He revealed the numbers earlier in the day than is usually the case, while announcing a new round of stimulus support for businesses impacted by the pandemic.
The $50 million will come in the form of $100 and $50 consumer vouchers, cash grants of up to $22,000 for still struggling enterprises and money to help Adelaide City Council attract visitors back to the city's CBD.

Meanwhile, density limits in South Australian hospitality venues rise from 25 per cent to 50 per cent for seated patrons as of Saturday.

Paediatric elective surgery is also being reintroduced and mandatory use of QR codes at retail stores, including supermarkets, has been scrapped.

The codes will remain in place for high-risk settings such as hospitals, and across the hospitality sector.

Mr Marshall said on Friday the latest modelling of the Omicron outbreak showed the changes would not lead to another surge in cases, even with next week's return to school.

He said the general decline in daily case numbers was expected to continue.

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29/1/2022 ACT

ACT recorded 620 NEW CASES , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 32796 cases.

ACT recorded 0 delta death..

ACT Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.

ACT Reff = 0.88

ACT PCR POSITIVITY = 16.3%

ACT DAILY CASES

ACT DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

 

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29 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 227 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 52 PT6 < TAS . NT >

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29/1/2022 TAS

TAS recorded 683 new cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 28490 cases.

TAS recorded 0 delta death..

TAS Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.

TAS Reff = 0.87

TAS PCR POSITIVITY = 13.3%

TAS DAILY CASES

TAS DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

The number of patients in Tasmanian hospitals with COVID-19 is now 17, down from 19 on Friday.

Of the 17, seven are being treated specifically for COVID-related symptoms.

One person is receiving intensive care.

No new COVID-related deaths have been recorded.

There were 683 new cases recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm Friday and the state now has 4,935 active cases.

There are 365 people using the COVID@home program and another 14 are in medi-hotels.

More than 2,600 rapid antigen tests were distributed on Friday.

Today's numbers come after changes to Tasmania's check-in rules were flagged during the week.

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29/1/2022 NT

NT recorded 828 new cases , NT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 12349 cases.

NT recorded 0 delta death..

NT Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.

NT Reff = 1.52

NT PCR POSITIVITY = 12.0%

NT DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

29/1/2022 NT COVID-19 update
29 January 2022
There were 828 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the Northern Territory in the 24 hours to 8pm on 28 January 2022 Of these, 648 were positive cases from a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).

Following the submission of further RAT results, we have also amended the case number for the 24 hour reporting period to 8pm on January 27 to 1,006.

The number of active cases in the NT is about 4,650.

Communities under lockdown or lockout restrictions
• 24 cases in Milikapiti
• 30 cases in Galiwin’ku
• 6 cases in Gunyangara
• 2 cases in Wurrumiyanga
• 5 cases in Amoonguna
• 2 cases in Yuendumu
• 8 cases in Ampilatwatja.

Top End
• 6 cases in Palumpa
• 1 case in Wadeye
• 3 cases in Jabiru
• 5 cases in Gunbalanya
• 1 case in Melville Island
• 11 cases in Bagot Community
• 14 cases at Batten Road Short Stay Accommodation in Darwin
• 3 cases at Darwin Corrections Facility
• 1 case in Warruwi
• 1 case in Juninga

East Arnhem
• 3 cases in Nhulunbuy
• 22 cases in Milingimbi
• 3 cases in Umbakumba
• 2 cases in Angurugu
• 1 case in Raminginging

Big Rivers
• 1 case in Ngukurr
• 2 cases in Minyallaluk
• 8 cases in Jilkmingan
• 10 cases in Lajamanu
• 11 cases in Pine Creek
• 24 cases in Kybrook
• 6 cases in Bulla
• 16 cases in town camps around Katherine
• 16 cases in Barunga
• 6 cases in Beswick
• 14 case in Binjari
• 1 case in Minyerri

Central Australia
• 1 case in Utopia
• 2 cases in Laramba
• 5 cases in Mutitjulu
• 1 case in Kintore
• 2 cases in Areyonga
• 1 case in Papunya
• 10 cases in Ntaria
• 4 cases in Santa Teresa
• 2 cases in Imanpa
• 1 case in Docker River
• 2 cases in Mt Liebig
• 2 cases in Ti Tree
• 13 cases in town camps around Alice Springs
• 154 cases at Alice Springs Correctional Centre
• 5 cases at Alternative to Custody Facility

There are currently 111 patients in hospital, with 10 patients requiring oxygen. There are five patients in ICU.
1,464 COVID-19 PCR tests were processed across the NT yesterday.

Public health measures
Outdoor mask mandate
From 6pm tonight, a Territory-wide outdoor mask wearing mandate will be introduced for 7 days. All people must wear a mask while outdoors where they cannot maintain a distance of 1.5 metres from others.
Masks are not required to be worn while exercising and children under the age of 12 do not need to wear a mask.
The Territory-wide indoor mask mandate remains in place.

Lockdown to lift for Gunyangara (Ski Beach), Utopia Homelands and Wurrumiyanga

The lockdown has now lifted for Gunyangara, Utopia Homelands and Wurrumiyanga. There are now no restrictions for these areas regarding movement for people who are vaccinated or unvaccinated.
To slow the spread of COVID-19 in our community and reduce the rate of transmission the following additional public health measures are in place across the NT:
• The Territory Vaccine Pass
• Interstate arrivals to the NT are required to following a Rapid Antigen Testing regime
• A lockdown is in place for Ampilatwatja and Milikapiti until Sunday 30 January, and in Galiwin’ku until Monday 31 January
• A lockout is in place in Alice Springs, Amoonguna, Yuendumu and Yuelamu until Sunday 30 January.

Territory Check In app update
The Territory Check In app has been updated to provide COVID-19 case alerts.
A notification will appear on the app if you have been at a location at the same time as a person who recently tested positive for COVID-19.
Your check in history will show the time and location of where you may have been in contact with a COVID-19 positive person.
If you receive a notification, you are required to monitor for symptoms and only get tested if you are unwell. A notification does not mean you are a close contact.

COVID-19 testing
Everyone should get tested for COVID-19 if showing symptoms. A number of NT Rapid Antigen Testing and Distribution Points have been established.
Individuals can collect RATs for free from NT distribution centres located in Darwin, Katherine, Nhulunbuy, Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.
To reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in our communities, it is important for everyone to follow all the health directions:
• Book your COVID-19 vaccine
• Check in using The Territory Check In App every time, everywhere
• If you have symptoms, stay away from others and get tested for COVID-19
• Wash your hands with soap and water and use hand sanitiser regularly
• Do not go to work if you feel sick
• Maintain a physical distance of 1.5 metres where possible.

The number of people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals has reached a new peak of 111, as the Territory recorded 828 new cases of coronavirus overnight.

Of those in hospital, 10 patients are receiving oxygen and five are in intensive care, Health Minister Natasha Fyles said.

Of the new cases, 648 were recorded from rapid antigen tests while the remainder came from PCR tests.

There are now 4,650 active cases of COVID-19 in the NT.

Ms Fyles said in response to growing case numbers, from 6pm on Saturday, a seven-day outdoor mask mandate would come into effect across the Territory.

The mandate will apply to people aged 12 and over outdoors whenever they cannot maintain a 1.5 distance from others, but will not apply while exercising.

The NT-wide indoor mask mandate remains in place.
"This is just considering we've seen a large increase in those new cases, which we largely attribute to the end of the school holidays and that higher interstate arrivals," Ms Fyles said.
"We really want to get our case numbers back down to that average what we were seeing, [that] around 450 seven-day average."

Deputy Chief Health Officer Jacqui Murdoch said the outdoor mask mandate was aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 in the community.
"What we have seen and what we know from the international evidence is that masks are really effective at stopping the spread of Omicron, and so that's why we've recommended the introduction of an outdoor mask mandate, to try and stop those increased numbers translating into more community transmission," she said.

A COVID-19 outbreak on Galiwin'ku has health experts worried. So they flew in a specialist NCCTRC team.Sandra Dhamarrandji is doing everything she can to avoid catching coronavirus as it rapidly spreads through the remote Aboriginal community of Galiwin'ku where she lives.

The community is home to around 2,200 people, most of whom are Indigenous and live in overcrowded homes. Many Yolngu people also have complex health conditions, making them vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease. So far, 220 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Galiwin'ku, with 190 still active.


Lockdown on January 17
On Monday, January 17, Galiwin'ku entered a snap lockdown to help stop the spread of the virus through the small community.

But the virus kept spreading.

Last week, a rapid response team from NT Health was sent to the island to help provide support.

But still, case numbers continued to grow.

More than 100 residents have been airlifted from Galiwin'ku to the Northern Territory capital of Darwin, to receive special health care.

Many of these people have chronic health conditions, are too young to be vaccinated or can't safely self-isolate in their own homes.

Galiwin'ku resident Nadyezhda Pozzana said one day she watched eight medical planes and two charters taking people away, a sight which gave her "mixed feelings".
"I'm feeling worried for my family and the community members on Galiwin'ku, thinking they've left everything they're familiar with," she said.
"Also I'm feeling happy that people are being taken off the island and getting towards, closer to medical help, if they need it."

This week, in an extraordinary effort to trap and trace cases of coronavirus, the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) sent its own rapid response team to Galiwin'ku.
This specialist team is a new initiative, only launched a few weeks ago.
Its role is to rapidly assess the COVID-19 situation and make recommendations about future health responses.
The mission lead of NCCTRC's rapid response team, Kath McDermott, said the team's "first port of call" after landing on the island on Wednesday was to meet with the NT Health team on the ground.

 

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29 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 225 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 50 PT7 < NZ >


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29/1/2022 POSITIVITY ANALYSIS

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29/1/2022

NZ DELTA WAVE & OMICRON OUTBREAKS

NZ recorded 97 LOCAL cases , NZ local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 11860 cases.
77 mystery cases.
57 repats from o/seas. again
NZ recorded 0 delta deaths.

 

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30 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 228 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 53

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PCRs remain restricted in who can access them to test for covid.
RATs remain very hard to get hold of , further reducing the reliability of reported known VOC cases in all states with the exceptions of WA and NT where case loads are VOC case numbers remain low.

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY NEW CASES & DEATHS OVERNIGHT

AUS + 36383 new cases ==> 2373175 * and today's COVID DEATHS = 88.

NSW + 13524 new cases ==> 985788 cases ,52 DEAD , ,+ve RATs are RECORDED IN NSW
VIC + 10589 new cases==> 812280 cases , 20 DEAD , PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN VIC *
QLD + 8580 new cases ==> 396985 , 13 DEAD , PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN QLD *
WA + 20 (local) new cases ==> 321 , PCR ONLY RECORDED IN WA
SA + 1633 new cases ==> 102039 cases * , 2 DEAD, PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN SA
ACT + 584 new cases ==> 33380 cases *, 0 DEAD .PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN ACT
TAS + 594new cases ==> 29084 cases * , 1 DEAD , PCR & +RAT RECORDED IN TAS
NT + 849! new cases ==> 13198 cases, 0 DEAD , PCR ONLY RECORDED IN NT

NZ + 103 (LOCAL) cases==> 13198 !, PCR ONLY RECORDED IN NZ , NO RESTRICTIONS ON PCR TESTING NZ <== ACCURATE CASE NUMBERS.

* not considered reliable numbers because in NSW -ve RATs are not being mandated to be reported and access to PCR tests is restricted ONLY to those ordered to be PCR tested and those who are symptomatic.
The concensas is the case numbers in ! are under-reporting actual case numbers to a significant degree , perhaps low by 2x fold or more.

Health experts are calling for a mandate for all RAT test results ( negative or positive ) to be reported and for free access to RATs for ALL Australians ON DEMAND.

COMBINED DELTA & OMICRON WAVE IN AUSTRALIA

NATIONAL DAILY CASES SNAPSHOT

NATIONAL PCR POSITIVITY = 16.77%

NATIONAL CASES SNAPSHOT

15/1/2022 = 100595 ##
16/1/2022 = 63051 #*#
17/1/2022 = 73818 #*#
18/1/2022 = 72850 #*#
19/1/2022 = 79565 #*#
20/1/2022 = 75668 #*#
21/1/2022 = 64513 #*#
22/1/2022 = 55124 #*#
23/1/2022 = 48981 #*#
24/1/2022 = 40683 #*#
25/1/2022 = 46845 #*#
26/1/2022 = 52613 #*#
27/1/2022 = 46872 #*#
28/1/2022 = 40174 #*#
29/1/2022 = 39889 #*#
30/1/2022 = 36383 #*#

Rules for getting official PCR test in effect , many fewer people can now show up and demand a PCR test unless told to by their state's health department or they are sick + very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )
concensus is UNDERreporting because ! are NOW under reporting by at least 2 fold ( ie NSW case numbers are no longer reliable ).
backdated +RATs included.

DELTA & OMICRON DEATHS TODAY

NSW = +52 ==> NSW total in this DELTA WAVE = 1316
Victoria +20 ==> VIC total in this DELTA WAVE = 1185
QLD = +13 ==>QLD total in this DELTA WAVE = 962
SA = +2 ==> SA total in this DELTA WAVE = 110
ACT ==> ACT total in this DELTA WAVE = 26
TAS = 1 ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 5
NT total in this DELTA WAVE ( and for entire pandemic ) = 2
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Australia = +88 ==> 3614 total since mid June 2021.

 

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30 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 228 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 53 PT2 < NSW PART 1>

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30 January 2022
Across NSW, > 95 % of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94 % have received two doses to Friday 28 January 2022.
Of people aged 12 to 15, 83.2 % have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.5 % have received two doses.
Of people aged 5 to 11, 37.4 % have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of 52 people with COVID-19; 33 men and 19 women.
Of the 52 people who died;
3 people were in their 60s,
11 people were in their 70s,
26 people were in their 80s,
11 people were in their 90s,
and 1 person was aged more than 100 years old. Older age is a significant risk factor for serious illness and death for COVID-19, particularly when combined with significant underlying health conditions.

1 person who died was aged under 65. The man, aged in his 60s, had received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had significant underlying health conditions.

6 of the 52 people who died had received 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine,
32 people had received 2 doses,
2 people had received 1 dose,
and 12 people were not vaccinated.

26 people were from south western Sydney,
6 people were from Sydney's Inner West,
5 people were from western Sydney,
3 people were from Dubbo,
2 people were from the Northern Beaches,
2 people were from northern Sydney,
2 people were from south eastern Sydney,
1 person was from southern Sydney,
1 person was from the Newcastle area,
1 person was from the Lake Macquarie area,
1 person was from northern NSW,
1 person was from the Wollongong area,
and 1 person was from the Central Coast.


This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,368.

There are currently 2,663 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 182 people in intensive care, 73 of whom require ventilation.
There were 13,524 positive test results (cases) notified to 8pm last night – including 6,032 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 7,492 positive PCR tests.

There has now been a total of 246,427 positive RATs recorded since reporting began on 13 January 2022. The 7,492 positive PCR results were returned from 50,771 PCR tests. Following further investigation, 89 COVID-19 cases detected by PCR tests have been excluded and 625 cases previously reported as RAT-positive have now been confirmed as PCR-positive cases, bringing the total number of cases detected by PCR tests in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 814,161.

Of the 13,524 positive test results,
1,851 from Northern Sydney Local Health District (LHD) (1,229 PCR and 622 RATs),
1,750 are from Western Sydney LHD (1,123 PCR and 627 RATs),
1,741 are from South Western Sydney Local LHD (1,012 PCR and 729 RATs),
1,529 are from Hunter New England LHD (767 PCR and 762 RATs),
1,417 from South Eastern Sydney LHD (754 PCR and 663 RATs),
954 are from Sydney LHD (492 PCR and 462 RATs),
730 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven (386 PCR and 344 RATs),
644 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD (348 PCR and 296 RATs),
661 are from the Central Coast (344 PCR and 317 RATs),
589 are from Northern NSW LHD (293 PCR and 296 RATs),
498 are from Murrumbidgee LHD (239 PCR and 259 RATs),
390 are from Western NSW LHD (159 PCR and 231 RATs),
236 are from Southern NSW LHD (119 PCR and 117 RATs),
358 are from Mid North Coast LHD (82 PCR and 276 RATs),
25 are from Far West LHD (15 PCR and 10 RATs),
5 are in correctional settings,
and 146 are yet to be assigned to an LHD (125 PCR and 21 RATs).

NSW Reff = 7d mvg avg (t) / 7d mvg avg (t-4) = 0.83

NSW PCR POSITIVITY = 14.8%

NSW DAILY CASES SNAPSHOT

G-SYDNEY LHDs

SATELLITE REGIONAL LHDs [ HNE, CNTRL CST, ISH, NBMts, WNSW ]

NSW reports 52 Covid deaths in deadliest day of pandemic to date as ‘Son of Omicron’ variant cases emerge (again). New South Wales has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic so far, reporting 52 deaths from Covid in the last 24 hours.
It comes as the state’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, confirmed four cases of the new Omicron sub-variant, described as “son of Omicron”, saying there is “likely to be more.”
“This is a sub-lineage, a sort of breakaway from the Omicron variant. We know that it is circulating in countries and we have seen it grow significantly,” she said.
“At the moment we don’t see that it is presenting anything different clinically in terms of the severity or its response to vaccine but we’ll obviously be watchful, monitor the situation closely.”

Chant said the new variant contains the “S gene” that characterised the Omicron variant, but said “special genomic sequencing” was required to “get a handle on its distribution.”

NSW reported 13,524 new cases, with a total of 2,663 hospitalisations, of which 182 are in ICU.

Of the 52 deaths, 33 were men and 19 were women. One person was over 100, 11 were in their 90s, 26 were in their 80s, 11 were in their 70s and three were in their 60s.

31 of the people that died were aged care residents, with only two of them having received booster shots.

Chant said NSW Health was also changing its reporting period, changing its cut-off time from 8pm to 4pm, to allow epidemiologists, surveillance officers and data analysts to shift to “more sustainable footing.”
“This will also allow them to focus on some additional work in epidemiology reports and provide more granular detail that will support the community as we move forward with our Covid response,” she said.

Perrottet urged people to get their booster vaccine dose, noting that only about 40% of the eligible population have received their third jab so far.

The premier told Sky News he expected the number of Covid deaths to “remain stable,” and that NSW should prepare for “a difficult fly season.”
“We expect those (death) numbers to stay pretty consistent,” he said “this is the new world.”

Perrottet unveiled a $1bn support package for small businesses and landlords, who have been affected by the state’s skyrocketing case numbers.

The support package includes payment of 20% of weekly payroll costs to companies that can prove a decline in turnover of at least 40% across January, and an extension of the commercial landlord hardship grant, which supports landlords providing rental relief to tenants affected by downturns.

It also included an increase to the small business fees and charges rebate with treasurer, Matt Kean, saying the government will also cover 50% of the costs of rapid antigen tests.
“This is to help our small business sector to get through the other side so they can support the economy.”
“Money will come online by March to ensure that we don’t put additional pressure on the supply of rapid antigen tests in the market.”
“It will come online at a time when there are enough rapid antigen test to ensure they are affordable and accessible to everyone in the community.”

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30 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 228 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 53 PT2 < NSW PART 2 >

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NSW government was warned Omicron could lead to more hospitalisations days before restrictions lifted.
Health officials in New South Wales warned vaccines “may be less effective” against the Omicron variant and could lead to an increase in hospitalisations, just days before premier Dominic Perrottet announced Covid-19 restrictions would be scrapped.

On 10 December, NSW Health’s Covid-19 critical intelligence unit published a briefing note on what was then the emerging Omicron variant, which had been discovered in South Africa in late November.

Based on emerging data at the time, the unit warned of early evidence suggesting that vaccines could be less effective against the strain, and of “enhanced transmissibility” which suggested Omicron had a “substantial growth advantage over Delta”.

It also flagged preliminary evidence suggesting “an increased risk of reinfection” from the variant, and pointed to increased hospitalisation rates in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

The note was published as Covid-19 case numbers began to surge following the arrival of the first case of the Omicron variant in late November.

When the critical intelligence unit published the note on 10 December, NSW recorded more than 500 daily cases for the first time in two months. A week later the figure had more than tripled.

Despite that, the NSW government pushed ahead with its decision to ease restrictions introduced during the long Delta-wave of infections. On 15 December the government announced masks would no longer be mandatory at most locations indoors, scrapped the use of QR code check-ins for low-risk venues and dropped density limits.

The NSW opposition leader, Chris Minns, said the fact the document had been published just days before restrictions were loosened was an “extraordinary revelation”.
“This is clear evidence that the department of health was briefing the NSW government about the emerging risks of Omicron at least five days before the premier dropped the mask mandate, density limits, proof of vaccination and QR check-ins,” he said.
“It was early days of Omicron but clearly the experts warned that caution was needed. Instead Mr Perrottet decided to ignore the emerging threat and all related advice.
“Ignoring this health advice has had major real-world consequences, for the health system, our frontline workers, and to businesses and families.”

In a statement, a spokesperson for Perrottet did not respond directly to questions about whether the briefing note was included in NSW Health advice given to the premier prior to easing restrictions on 15 December.
“The NSW government’s top priority is and always has been the health and safety of our people,” a spokesman for Perrottet said.
“The government carefully considers the health advice and also weighs up a range of other important factors before making its decisions including operational demands on the health system.
“Throughout the Omicron wave, and over the past two years, our government has tailored the settings as the situation evolved to keep the community safe and ensure those who need care can access it.”

The premier has repeatedly defended the decision to push ahead with the re-opening in the face of Omicron’s arrival as necessary for the state to begin living with Covid-19. He has continually pointed to hospitalisations and ICU presentations remaining well within the capacity limits outlined by NSW Health, and pointed to the fact that NSW has adopted restrictions similar to neighbouring Victoria and Queensland.
“We’re not going our own way in NSW, we are following the national plan with every other state along the eastern seaboard,” he said last week"

But Minns pointed to the fact Perrottet subsequently re-introduced the restrictions on 23 December as the number of health workers furloughed either by illness or isolation requirements rose into the thousands as evidence it was a “mistake”.

“It was a case of closing the gate after the horse had bolted,” he said.

“And it was one thing to completely ignore the health advice, it was another to fail to plan for the inevitable consequences.”

While the Guardian has previously reported the decision to scrap QR check-ins at low risk venues was recommended by NSW Health, Perrottet has previously refused to say whether the state’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, supported removing the mask mandate.


When the decision was made on 15 December Chant said only that it was a “matter for government” and that she was “strongly recommending we keep masks”.

But the briefing document, which was published online but went unreported before being overwritten by an updated brief in January, suggests NSW Health was aware the Omicron variant was likely to present a significant challenge to the state’s hospital system.

The 10 December briefing note was provided as an overview of emerging information on the new variant and collated data from the experiences of a number of countries as well as advice from the World Health Organization.
The note advised that while studies were still under way to understand how effective vaccines would be at suppressing Omicron, it said there were “early indications that fully vaccinated people are protected against the Omicron variant”.
“However, the protection may be less effective,” the note warned.
“There are early reports of breakthrough infections in South Africa among people who have received any of the three kinds of vaccines in use in that country (Johnson & Johnson, Comirnaty and Vaxzervia).
“Preliminary data presented at a briefing hosted by South Africa’s Department of Health suggests some mutations may be associated with increased antibody resistance [and] Moderna’s CEO says current Covid-19 vaccines are likely to be less effective against Omicron.”
‘The dynamic has entirely changed.’ Dominic Perrottet and Daniel Andrews have formed a close working relationship

While significant data has now emerged linking Omicron with milder symptoms than other previous strains of the virus, on 10 December the briefing warned that it wasn’t yet clear “whether Omicron causes more severe disease” and warned that it had led to increasing hospitalisation rates overseas.
“Early reports suggest increasing rates of hospitalisation in South Africa; however, this may be due to overall increasing rates of infection, and not a signal of more severe disease,” it stated.

It also noted the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control had rated the risk of the emergence and spread of Omicron as “high to very high” and warned the mutations observed in Omicron were “associated with enhanced transmissibility”.

While briefings are not an endorsed position of NSW Health, the critical intelligence unit was established to provide “rapid, evidence-based insights” on emerging Covid-19 trends. It sits within the Agency of Clinical Information, and provides high level summaries of studies and evidence, which it regularly updates and publishes.

In an updated note on 27 January the critical intelligence unit pointed to data from a number of countries suggesting people infected with the Omicron variant are less likely to require hospitalisation compared with Delta, and that the overall stay for those who did require hospital treatment was shorter.

 

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30 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 228 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 53 PT2 < NSW REGIONAL >

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HNE
here are currently 70 COVID-19 cases receiving care in hospitals across the Hunter New England Local Health District, and seven in intensive care units.
Sadly, we’re reporting the deaths of two people; one female and one male. One was in their 70s and one was in their 90s.
Both were from Lake Macquarie LGA.

1529 recorded COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England region. Total for Delta - Omicrom Wave = 83063

WNSW


Get your vaccinations and do not skip your booster. Children aged 5-11 are also now eligible for vaccination.
Be COVID-safe all the time. Wear a mask wherever required. Wash and sanitise hands frequently. Socially distance wherever possible. Use QR codes. Take care around older people, or people with health conditions.
Plan ahead. Have a Plan C ready for if you, or someone in your household, needs to self-isolate.
Up to 8pm last night, there were 25 people in hospital with COVID-19 across the District. Of those, there were 3 in ICU.
We offer our sincere condolences to the loved ones of 3 people with COVID-19 from our region whose deaths were reported in the 24-hours to 8pm last night.
There were 159 positive PCR test results and 231 positive Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) results identified in WNSWLHD.
Note, there may be some cases where people have reported multiple positive RAT results and/or also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period, resulting in duplicates.

Positive test results were identified in the following LGAs:
Bathurst - 79
Blayney - 16
Bogan - 3
Bourke - 2
Brewarrina - 0
Cabonne - 15
Cobar - 6
Coonamble - 0
Cowra - 8
Dubbo - 47
Forbes - 12
Gilgandra - 1
Lachlan - 6
Mid-Western - 32
Narromine - 10
Oberon - 4
Orange - 117
Parkes - 17
Walgett - 5
Warren- 1
Warrumbungle - 5
Weddin - 4

FWNSW
Far West LHD COVID-19 Update
There were 15 cases of COVID-19 reported from PCR tests in the Far West Local Health District (FWLHD) to 8pm last night.
These cases are located 9 in Broken Hill, 3 in Central Darling, 2 in Wentworth LGA and 1 in Balranald Shire.
There were 10 positive rapid antigen (RAT) tests reported for the LHD. (RAT tests are only reported at LHD level. RAT numbers may include cases where people have reported positive RATs on multiple days and/or where people have also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period).

390 recorded COVID-19 cases in the WNSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 18673
25 recorded COVID-19 cases in the FarWNSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 1335

NNSW
To 8pm 29 January, 589 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Northern NSW Local Health District, including 293 positive PCR tests and 296 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT).
Confirmed tests by LGA (both PCR and RAT):
#Ballina 95
#Byron 56
#Clarence Valley 87
#Kyogle 6
#Lismore 62
#Richmond Valley 42
#Tweed Heads 241

There are 36 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with 6 of these in ICU.
Northern NSW are reporting the death of one person aged in their 90s from COVID-19. They were from the Tweed shire.

MID NTH CST

There were 358 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Mid North Coast Local Health District to 8pm yesterday (29 January 2022) – including 276 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 82 positive PCR tests*.
One hundred and thirty-nine are from Coffs Harbour Local Government Area (LGA), 123 are from Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA, 53 are from Kempsey LGA, 33 are from Nambucca Valley LGA and 10 are from Bellingen LGA.
There are 56 COVID-19 cases in Mid North Coast hospitals, with five people in intensive care.
There have been 15,156 cases reported in the district since June 2021.

SNSW
Two hundred and thirty six (236) new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Southern NSW today (includes RAT and PCR test results).
Of the 236 new cases:
Twenty one (21) are in the Bega Valley LGA
Fifty two (52) are in the Eurobodalla LGA
Thirty one (31) are in the Goulburn Mulwaree LGA
Ninety five (95) are in the Queanbeyan Palerang LGA
Fourteen (14) are in the Snowy Monaro LGA
Twelve (12) are in the Upper Lachlan LGA
Eleven (11) are in the Yass Valley LGA

MURRUMBIDGEE
NO REPORT

589 recorded COVID-19 cases in the N-NSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 24529
358 recorded COVID-19 cases in the MID N CST NSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 15161
498 recorded COVID-19 cases in the MURRUMBIDGEE LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 18995
236 recorded COVID-19 cases in the S-NSW LHD. Total for Delta Wave = 11447

 

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30/1/2022 VIC
VIC recorded 10589 new cases, VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE is now 812280 cases.
Constrained by extreme shortage of RATs and restricted access to PCRs.

VIC recorded 20 delta deaths..
Omicron VOC is the dominant strain in Victoria as it is in NSW.
Density limits are in place in Victoria .
Vic Health has mandated that RAT +ves must be reported.

The statewide CODE BROWN in VIctoria remains in force.

VIC Reff = 0.84

VIC PCR POSITIVITY = 17.8%

VIC DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS

VIC DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS WITH CURVE

Victoria has reported another 20 COVID-19 deaths, as hospitalisations continue to fall.

There are 889 COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals, down from 953 on Saturday.

Of those in hospital, 69 active cases are in intensive care and 35 are on ventilators with a further 42 cleared cases in ICU.

The state has reported 10,589 new COVID-19 infections, comprised of 4,479 PCR tests and 6,110 rapid antigen tests.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Victoria has continued to drop with 78,294 active cases recorded in the community overnight, compared to 191,058 a week ago.

Premier Daniel Andrews said the drop in cases in the community presented "a more optimistic picture" than government modelling had initially predicted.
"It's certainly the view of many experts that we're past the peak, the data suggests that," Mr Andrews said.

Active cases peaked earlier in the month, with 253,000 reported on January 19.

Authorities say the demand on PCR testing that overwhelmed the network earlier this month has now eased and most tests are being returned within 24 hours, but Mr Andrews conceded that there was almost certainly more cases in the community than the records show.

Authorities say the demand on PCR testing that overwhelmed the network earlier this month has now eased and most tests are being returned within 24 hours.

Around 38.1 % of Victorian adults have now received at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

On Saturday, health authorities confirmed there were a small number of cases of the recently discovered Omicron BA.2 subvariant present in Victoria, as they again urged those eligible for vaccinations to book an appointment as soon as possible.

Mr Andrews said both the state and federal governments were monitoring the development of the subvariant, but that no further developments had occurred.
"I don’t have any advice to be particularly concerned about that, but that may change," he said.

Infections detected at more than 100 Victorian aged care facilities
Mr Andrews confirmed reports of COVID outbreaks at aged care facilities across Victoria.

He said active cases had been detected in five state-run facilities and in more than 110 privately-run facilities.

Mr Andrews said that while it was primarily an issue for the federal government to address, he was willing to work with the Commonwealth on controlling the outbreaks.
"We're there to help, we're there to assist, running away from responsibility … no one benefits from those sorts of arguments," he said.

Mr Andrews thanked the staff at Victorian aged care facilities, and said the staff-to-resident ratios made "all the difference" in navigating COVID outbreaks.

Opposition urges end to check-ins, work from home and density limits
The state opposition is calling for several COVID-19 restrictions to be eased immediately, in light of the rising vaccination rate.

The Coalition said QR code check-ins should be scrapped for "low-risk settings where contact tracing is not occurring" and said it was opposed to booster vaccinations being mandated for the general Victorian community.

Both the Victorian and New South Wales governments have advocated for the definition of "fully vaccinated" to be updated to include a booster dose, but national cabinet did not agree to the change at its latest meeting.

The opposition also called for the work-from-home recommendation currently in place to be scrapped, along with density limits for all hospitality and entertainment venues.
"Victorians need a new approach that treats them with respect and backs them – not berates them – to make the right choices," Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said.

But Mr Andrews said while the QR code check-in system was "not forever", it would stay in place for the foreseeable future.

He said they were not just to help people track their movements if they became infected, but to ensure the integrity of the "fully vaccinated economy" in Victoria.
"It really is a tool to make sure that only those who are double-dosed, and I think at some point, triple-dosed, are out and about," he said.

Andrews and Guy clash over further mandates
Mr Andrews, who along with the New South Wales government has advocated for the definition of "fully vaccinated" to be expanded to include a third booster dose, said it was critically important people secured their third dose as soon as possible.

More than 2.1 million Victorians are still eligible to receive their third dose of the COVID vaccine.

Mr Andrews said he was very confident that ATAGI would release advice mandating booster doses of the vaccine.
"There's already been some mandating done for third doses, and there will be more. That's all about keeping us safe, whether that's popular or not [is] not my concern," he said.

Mr Guy said the mandating of a third booster dose undermined the public health message, and could lead to a slippery slope of constant mandates.
"I just think the concept of mandating a third shot … will we be mandating a fourth shot? A fifth shot? A sixth shot?" Mr Guy said.
"I think the concept of mandating is just 2020, 2021 policy. It's not the way of the future."

Mr Andrews rejected Mr Guy's assertions, and said he would adhere to the medical advice that was provided to him.
"You know what’s mandatory? Following the advice of experts. So I really don’t have anything else to say about what he said today, I’ll follow the advice of experts," Mr Andrews said.

Movement in Melbourne has continued to rise, according to the University of Melbourne's mobility index, which recorded a sharp dip to near-lockdown lows earlier this month before a steady recovery over the past couple of weeks.

Apple data on the volume of directions requests has also recorded a rise in mobility to near-baseline levels, although public transport use is still lagging behind.

 

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30/1/2022 QLD

QLD recorded 8580 new cases , QLD local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 396985 cases.

QLD recorded 13 delta deaths.

QLD Reff = 0.79

QLD PCR POSITIVITY = 25.9%

QLD DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS

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QLD DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS WITH CURVE

Another 13 people in Queensland have died from COVID and 8,580 new cases have been recorded, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

There are now 745 people in hospital with the virus and 41 of those patients are in intensive care units.

2 of the people who died were aged in their 60s,
4 were in their 70s,
3 were in their 80s,
3 were in their 90s
and 1 person was aged 105.

Ms Palaszczuk said there was a decline in hospitalisations for the Gold Coast, Logan, Ipswich and Brisbane south regions.

Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said five of the people who died in the latest reporting period were unvaccinated and none had received a booster shot.

Dr Gerrard said, encouragingly, there had been been a significant drop in the number of hospitalisations in the past day.
\“So we've gone from 833 to 745 — of course we shouldn't be paying too much attention to a single day, but that is a very substantial decline, so it's hard not to feel that that's a real phenomenon that we're observing," he said.

Dr Gerrard said one of the new cases had tested positive for a new sub-variant of the Omicron strain but said this was not too concerning.
"What we know about this strain of virus is it does appear to be a bit more contagious," he said.
"It doesn't seem to be any more harmful, so no more virulent than the standard Omicron strain as far as we know, and it appears that the vaccines are equally effective against it."

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said the deaths again exemplified the importance of a third COVID-19 vaccine dose.
"Five of the 13 [deaths] were unvaccinated — now this makes up 38 per cent of the deaths we're reporting today are unvaccinated people, even though they only make up 8 per cent of the population here in Queensland.
"So please, it is not too late to get your first dose of vaccine, there is plenty available, plenty of places to go to get vaccinated, I encourage people to come forward."

Plan for schools
Ms Palaszczuk also confirmed masks would be mandatory for high school students and encouraged for students from Year 3 when classes resume on February 7.

She said students could remove masks when seated and teachers could remove their masks when teaching.

Ms Palaszczuk said a number of rapid antigen tests would be provided to schools, but only for teachers or students with symptoms.
"There is no health advice by the Chief Health Officer or by AHPCC that staff or students need regular testing," she said.
"On top of that, many parents have raised with me concerns about how they would administer these tests to their children."

Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace outlined the back-to-school plan and urged parents to stay up to date with the latest information.
"We are suspending things like school camps, excursions, large assemblies and large gatherings in schools for the first four weeks — we don't want to have unnecessary movement," Ms Grace said.
"We don't want to have unnecessary people coming on to school sites.
"We want to limit visitors to school sites — with exceptions for parents who care for students experiencing vulnerability — if those parents would like to escort their children into schools, they will be allowed to do so.
"And for all students in our early childhood development programs in our centres, parents can escort them, and of course, kindergarten, prep, and year one.
"From year two upwards, we are asking parents, please acknowledge what the school puts in place about drop-off zones, and limit your presence on school sites.
"For the first four weeks we will monitor this and we will review it regularly."

 

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30/1/2022 WA

WA recorded 20 new cases , WA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 321 cases.

WA recorded 0 delta deaths.

WA Reff = 1.17

WA PCR POSITIVITY = 0.4%

WA DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS WITH CURVE

WA COVID-19 update 30 January 2022

WA Health is reporting 20 new local cases with nil travel related cases up until 8pm last night.

Of the 20 new local cases, 19 are linked to known clusters and 1 case is under investigation with no link yet established to any known clusters.
All WA cases are now in quarantine and public health continues to investigate and monitor.
Some of today’s cases have been in infectious while in the community. Contact tracers are working with these cases to determine potential public exposure sites which will be uploaded to the HealthyWA website when confirmed.

Today’s figures bring the State’s total number of active COVID-19 cases to 147. Of these, 8 are in hotel quarantine, 138 are in self-quarantine and 1 is in hospital.

WA has recorded 1505 cases since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Hospitalisations:
One case, previously reported, remains in hospital in ICU.

Library Nightclub OUTBREAK:
WA Health is urging anyone who attended the ‘Club Bootylicious’ event at the Library Nightclub between 9:30 pm on 22 January and 5 am 23 January to be tested immediately and isolate until they return a negative test result.

South West region OUTBREAK :
WA Health is urging anyone with symptoms in the South West to be tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result or are advised otherwise by WA Health, following the growing numbers linked to the South West cluster.

Wheatbelt OUTBREAK:
WA Health is urging anyone with symptoms in the Wheatbelt to be tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result or are advised otherwise by WA Health, following confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region.


Wastewater:
Previously unidentified detections in the City Beach and surrounding suburbs has now been reclassified as ‘expected’. A known case is in home quarantine in the area.

Exposure sites
WA Health’s contact tracing team continues to identify exposure sites linked to new cases. High-risk exposure sites will be updated or added to the HealthyWA website. Please continue to check exposure sites regularly.
WA Health does not list exposure sites where it has identified all potential contacts or locations that can identify individuals who were there. People with symptoms should get tested immediately.
People who receive a text message from WA Health advising they have attended an exposure site must follow the instructions, even if the site is not listed on HealthyWA.

Testing advice
People are urged to continue to check the exposure sites page of the HealthyWA website for updates, and if they have been to an exposure site to follow the listed health advice.
Anyone in the Perth, Peel, Wheatbelt and the South West regions – particularly the greater Bunbury area – experiencing any symptoms should get tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result. This applies to anyone symptomatic – even if you have not visited a listed exposure site.
A full list of testing clinics and opening hours is available on HealthyWA website.

Testing figures
5435 people were swabbed at WA clinics yesterday.

Vessels
WA Health is monitoring the, the MV Ballard, off the WA coast Authorities are in communication with the Ballard, which was expected to dock in Bunbury on 3 February.
WA Health continues to closely monitor two other vessels off the WA coast, both reporting probable COVID cases on board through positive rapid antigen test results.
All positive crew members on board these vessels are isolating in their cabins and are being monitored safely.
New information for the community about managing COVID-19
New information about managing COVID-19 at home and in the community is on the HealthyWA website.

SafeWA
Yesterday, scans were recorded on the SafeWA app. It is important for everyone to check using SafeWA or the ServiceWA app will help authorities contact those who may be at risk quickly and effectively.
Border controls
Information about Western Australia’s controlled border arrangements, conditions of entry and quarantine is available online.

COVID-19 vaccinations
Yesterday, 9,597 COVID-19 vaccinations were administered in state-run vaccination clinics in Western Australia.
Demand for vaccinations and third doses is increasing. To spread the demand across clinic operating hours and to avoid excessive wait times, people are encouraged to make a booking via Vaccinate WA.

Children’s vaccinations
WA Health is urging parents to vaccinate their children before the start of the new school year. There are paediatric appointments remaining over the weekend at PCEC.
Additional appointments for children aged 5 to 11 have been added at State-run clinics until January 30 and these can be booked online at VaccinateWA.
Increased children's vaccinations will also be available at Kwinana and Ellenbrook vaccination clinics.
For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site)**. For the latest Commonwealth data visit the Vaccination Numbers and Statistics website.

Mandatory vaccination information
A mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for most occupations and workforces in WA is being introduced in a phased approach. For more information on getting your COVID-19 vaccine, visit: Roll Up For WA.

Variants
To date, 482 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 326 Omicron strain, 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 138 Delta strain.

Western Australia has recorded 20 new local COVID-19 cases, almost all of which are linked to existing clusters.

Eight of those cases are linked to the nightclub clusters in Perth, in particular the Library Nightclub.

Premier Mark McGowan is urging anyone who has been to an exposure site or is unwell to get tested.
Only one of the new cases is not linked to a previous cluster.

Mr McGowan said the nightclub clusters represented a "situation that continues to be monitored".

Despite the clusters, the Premier said no thought was being given to shutting down nightclubs at this point in time, with mask-wearing already in place and expanded vaccination requirements to roll out from tomorrow.
"When the time comes, we'll put in place further public health measures," he said.
"You don't want to put them in before you need them, and you don't want them too late, it's a delicate balance to get it right.
"If you put them in too early, you get people getting sick of them over time."

Mr McGowan said such measures were being analysed by the government and chief health officer now.

A total of 5,455 COVID-19 tests were conducted across the state on Saturday, a drop from the 7,011 conducted the day before.

There are 147 active cases in WA currently, with one person in hospital.

AMA continues to push for reopening date
Meanwhile, the WA branch of the Australian Medical Association is continuing to urge the state government to set a target for reopening.

AMA WA president Mark Duncan-Smith said doctors were worried about a delay to reopening that could see the state open during the already busy winter peak in hospitals.
"We're really calling on the government for a new target date — within one, to two, to three months — that doesn't coincide with the winter peak," he told ABC News Breakfast.

Dr Duncan-Smith said he was also concerned about the impact of an "open-ended closure" on the community.
"Society [needs to] have a target, a bit of certainty in uncertainty, and it'd be psychologically better for society and individuals," he said.

In total, 97.4 % of the state's population over 12 has now received one dose of a COVID vaccination, 90.5 % has received two doses and 33.9 % of people over 16 have received a booster.

 

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30/1/2022 SA

SA recorded 1633new cases , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 102039 cases.

SA recorded 2 delta deaths.

SA Reff = 0.78

SA PCR POSITIVITY = 13.6%

SA DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS

SA DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

Two men in their 80s have died from COVID-19 in South Australia.

There have been 1,633 new cases, which is the lowest figure this year.

SA has six more people in hospital for a total of 289, but ICU or ventilation figures aren't yet available.

The government says it's clear SA is past the peak and the community is in the "recovery" phase.

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30/1/2022 ACT

ACT recorded 584 new cases , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 33380 cases.

ACT recorded 0 delta deaths.

ACT Reff = NA

ACT PCR POSITIVITY = 19%

ACT DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS

ACT DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

The ACT continues to report a steady decline in the number of people catching COVID-19, recording 584 new cases. Sunday's figure compares with 620 new infections announced on Saturday, and not so long ago when 1000 cases daily had become the norm for a short period of time as the Omicron variant swept the territory.

There are 4469 active cases in the territory, which has left 62 patients in hospital with 3 in intensive care, 1 requiring ventilation.

The territory continues to score well when it comes to vaccinations with 63.3 % of residents aged 5-11 having received one dose.
Almost 45 % of residents aged 18 and over have received their booster shot, while 98.6 % of those aged 12 and over are fully vaccinated with two doses.

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30/1/2022 TAS

TAS recorded 594 new cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 29084 cases.

TAS recorded 1 delta deaths.

TAS Reff = 0.89

TAS PCR POSITIVITY = 10.2%

TAS DAILY CASES SNAPSHOTS

TAS DAILY CASES WITH CURVE

Another person has died with COVID-19 in Tasmania.

The death is the fifth COVID-related death since the state's borders reopened to coronavirus hotspots on December 15, and the 18th since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

The latest figures from the state's Health Department also show there are 20 people in hospital with COVID-19, and 10 of those are being treated specifically for the virus.

Another 594 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday, and the state has 4,978 active cases.

There were 551 people released from isolation in the past day.