On September 30, 2020, there were 17 new reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. Australia's daily new confirmed coronavirus cases peaked on July 30 with 746 new cases on that day. This was considered to be the second wave of coronavirus infections in Australia, with the first wave peaking at the end of March at 460 cases before dropping to less than 20 cases per day throughout May and most of June.

 A second wave

Australia’s second wave of coronavirus found its epicenter in Melbourne, after over a month of recording low numbers of national daily cases. Despite being primarily focused within a single state, clusters of coronavirus cases in Victoria soon pushed the daily number of recorded cases over that of the first wave, with well over double the number of deaths. As a result, the Victorian Government once again increased lockdown measures to limit movement and social interaction. At the same time the other states and territories closed or restricted movement across borders, with some of the strictest border closures taking place in Western Australian.

 Is Australia entering into a recession?

After narrowly avoiding a recession during the global financial crisis, by September 2020 Australia had recorded two consecutive quarters of economic decline, hailing the country’s first recession since 1991. This did not necessarily come as a surprise for many Australians who had already witnessed a rising unemployment rate throughout the second quarter of 2020 alongside ongoing restrictions on retail and hospitality trading. However, thanks to welfare initiatives like JobKeeper and a government stimulus payment supplementing many household incomes, the economic situation could have been much worse at this point.

From 20 October 2023, COVID-19 datasets will no longer be updated. Detailed information is available in the fortnightly NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/reports.aspx.
Latest national COVID-19 spread, vaccination and treatment metrics are available on the Australian Government Health website: https://www.health.gov.au/topics/covid-19/reporting?language=und

COVID-19 cases by notification date and postcode, local health district, and local government area. The dataset is updated weekly on Fridays.

The data is for confirmed COVID-19 cases only based on location of usual residence, not necessarily where the virus was contracted.

Case counts reported by NSW Health for a particular notification date may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and the outcome of cases under review thus this dataset and any historical data contained within is subject to change on a daily basis.

The underlying dataset was assessed to measure the risk of identifying an individual and the level of sensitivity of the information gained if it was known that an individual was in the dataset. The dataset was then treated to mitigate these risks, including suppressing and aggregating data.

This dataset does not include cases with missing location information.

Australia recorded 11299954 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Australia reported 20553 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Coronavirus Cases.

As at January 31, 2022 there had been a total of 2,580,386 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Australia. After maintaining a 'COVID zero' infection control policy from the beginning of the outbreak and much of 2021, subsequent outbreaks in the second half of 2021 saw the Australian government shift its policy away from trying to eradicate domestic cases of COVID-19 to a staged reopening of state and international boarders with infection control measures.

From 20 October 2023, COVID-19 datasets will no longer be updated. Detailed information is available in the fortnightly NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/reports.aspx.
Latest national COVID-19 spread, vaccination and treatment metrics are available on the Australian Government Health website: https://www.health.gov.au/topics/covid-19/reporting?language=und

COVID-19 cases by notification date and age range. Data is available from 29th of June 2021.

The data is for confirmed COVID-19 cases only based on location of usual residence, not necessarily where the virus was contracted.

The underlying dataset was assessed to measure the risk of identifying an individual and the level of sensitivity of the information gained if it was known that an individual was in the dataset. Age ranges have been combined to minimise these risks.

In past 24 hours, Australia-Oceania had 664 new cases, N/A deaths and 4,299 recoveries.

As of September 5, 2022, the number of male 20 to 29 year olds diagnosed with COVID-19 in Australia had reached around 23,164 cases per 100,000 people. At the time, people 70-79 years of age had the lowest share of confirmed cases across males and females.

New Covid cases per month in Australia, March, 2023 The most recent value is 62830 new Covid cases as of March 2023, a decline compared to the previous value of 70882 new Covid cases. Historically, the average for Australia from February 2020 to March 2023 is 302182 new Covid cases. The minimum of 16 new Covid cases was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 1789613 new Covid cases was reached in January 2022. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Context

This dataset is derived from the list of cases that is published at:

https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/all-victorian-sars-cov-2-cases-by-local-government-area-postcode-and-acquired-source

It is joined with the following two sources to get postcode and population data.

https://datapacks.censusdata.abs.gov.au/datapacks/ https://www.matthewproctor.com/australian_postcodes

Content

The dataset is expanded to include 0 days for every suburb (hence the size). I have attempted to replicate some relevant statistics, such as estimated replication number using formulas found here:

https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/20-112_4278525d-ccf2-4f8a-b564-2e95d0e7ca5b.pdf

Acknowledgements

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Inspiration

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Context

NSW has been hit by the Omicron variant, with skyrocketing cases. This dataset, updated regularly, details the location of positive cases. A prediction of where the most cases could occur can be derived from this dataset and a potential prediction of how many cases there is likely to be.

Content

notification_date: Text, dates to when the positive case was notified of a positive test result. postcode: Text, lists the postcode of the positive case. lhd_2010_code: Text, the code of the local health district of the positive case. lhd_2010_name: Text, the name of the local health district of the positive case. lga_code19: Text, the code of the local government area of the positive case. lga_name19: Text, the name of the local government area of the positive case.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to NSW Health for providing and updating the dataset.

Inspiration

The location of cases is highly important in NSW. In mid-2021, Western Sydney had the highest proportion of COVID-19 cases with many deaths ensuing. Western Sydney is one of Sydney's most diverse areas, with many vulnerable peoples. The virus spread to western NSW, imposing a risk to the Indigenous communities. With location data, a prediction service can be made to forecast the areas at risk of transmission.

Project Tycho datasets contain case counts for reported disease conditions for countries around the world. The Project Tycho data curation team extracts these case counts from various reputable sources, typically from national or international health authorities, such as the US Centers for Disease Control or the World Health Organization. These original data sources include both open- and restricted-access sources. For restricted-access sources, the Project Tycho team has obtained permission for redistribution from data contributors. All datasets contain case count data that are identical to counts published in the original source and no counts have been modified in any way by the Project Tycho team, except for aggregation of individual case count data into daily counts when that was the best data available for a disease and location. The Project Tycho team has pre-processed datasets by adding new variables, such as standard disease and location identifiers, that improve data interpretability. We also formatted the data into a standard data format. All geographic locations at the country and admin1 level have been represented at the same geographic level as in the data source, provided an ISO code or codes could be identified, unless the data source specifies that the location is listed at an inaccurate geographical level. For more information about decisions made by the curation team, recommended data processing steps, and the data sources used, please see the README that is included in the dataset download ZIP file.

This dataset provides values for CORONAVIRUS CASES reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

A line list of Queensland's COVID-19 cases by date of individual's notification of COVID-19 detection, location of usual residence (Postcode, Local Government Area and SA2) as well as the individual's source of COVID-19 infection.

Please note that location variables are masked as null in instances when a case does not usually reside in Queensland. Furthermore, SA2 has not been generated on pathology tests prior to the June 2021 update of the Queensland's Notifiable Conditions System.

As at March 2023, the dataset incorporated the Queensland Public RAT Portal. Although this data has not been appropriately validated by Queensland pathology laboratories, the results were re-evaluated from within the Notifiable Conditions System (NoCS) and hence, any duplicates or other multiple entries for the same re-infection period have been appropriately integrated.

The data presented in the Data Explorer tab below is a representative sample of the complete data set. To view the complete data set, select the Download(CSV) icon or the Data API icon above.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Ben Rodanski

Released under CC0: Public Domain

Contents

On October 11, 2020 there was one person with COVID-19 who had been admitted to intensive care in Australia and none being treated on a ventalator. This staus is in stark contrast to the August 19 when a total of 52 people were in ICUs accross Australian, 34 of which were being ventilated.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Fact and Figures page.

The data is for locations associated with confirmed COVID-19 cases that have been classified by NSW Health for action. Refer to the latest COVID-19 news and updates for information on action advice provided by NSW Health.

A line list of Queensland's COVID-19 cases by date of individual's notification of COVID-19 detection, as well as the individual's age group at time of notification.

As at March 2023, the dataset incorporated the Queensland Public RAT Portal. Although this data has not been appropriately validated by Queensland pathology laboratories, the results were re-evaluated from within the Notifiable Conditions System (NoCS) and hence, any duplicates or other multiple entries for the same re-infection period have been appropriately integrated.

Each row contains a single SARS-CoV-2 case and associated LGA, postcode and the mode of transmission.\r \r An active case is someone who has tested positive and is currently in isolation. The department monitors active cases. A small number of cases that are not contactable are considered to have recovered after 28 days from diagnoses.\r \r Residential location is the address provided by a person during contact tracing. This is not where they were infected. It may not be where the case currently resides (for example they might be in a hospital). Postcode of the case does not reflect where a person was infected and in the event that a case is detected and a residential postcode is not available a post code of 3999 is used. A confirmed case is a person who has a positive laboratory test for coronavirus (COVID-19).

Australian COVID-19 actual incidence data from January to December 2021 was used to calibrate our model.

WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Australia data was reported at 23,915.000 Person in 24 Dec 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 23,915.000 Person for 23 Dec 2023. WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Australia data is updated daily, averaging 2,674.500 Person from Jan 2020 (Median) to 24 Dec 2023, with 1430 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23,915.000 Person in 24 Dec 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 01 Mar 2020. WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Australia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Health Organization. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table WHO.D002: World Health Organization: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019): by Country and Region (Discontinued). Due to some inclusions and exclusions of cases that are not properly reflected in WHO report, which are the result of the retrospective adjustments of national authorities, some current day “To-date” figures will not tally to the sum of previous day “To-date” cases and current day new reported cases. Figures with excluded cases are relatively lower compared to the previous day.