Coronavirus (COVID-19) case numbers and statistics

This page provides updates on national COVID-19 weekly current trends.

COVID-19 case notifications

  • Over the last week, 38,516 cases of COVID-19 were reported across Australia, an average of 5,502 cases per day.

COVID-19 cases and 7 day rolling average, 01 Jan 2022 to 27 Sep 2022

Weekly case numbers and change (%)

Jurisdiction Average daily cases as at 27 Sep 2022 Change in average cases compared to previous week (%)
National5,502- 15.9%
NSW1,827- 18.9%
Vic1,328- 13.4%
Qld1,026- 12.6%
WA645- 19.5%
SA419- 13.6%
Tas117- 9.5%
ACT91- 18.4%
NT49- 13.1%

Source: Jurisdictional reporting as at 28 Sep 2022. Please note that due to rounding, jurisdiction averages may not sum exactly to national averages.

COVID-19 associated deaths

  • Factors such as other disease or chronic conditions may also have contributed to or caused deaths associated with COVID-19.
  • National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) death data may have a delay of up to two weeks in confirming death notifications publicly reported by States and Territories; data for the last two weeks will be subject to revision.
  • For more information on mortality statistics in Australia, please see Australian Bureau of Statistics – Causes of death.

COVID-19 associated deaths, 01 Jan 2022 to 27 Sep 2022

COVID-19 associated deaths, rolling 7-day average by jurisdiction, 01 Jan 2022 to 27 Sep 2022

Source: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System as at 28 Sep 2022

COVID-19 vaccinations

Vaccination dose coverage (%) by age, over Estimated Residential Population (eligible)

Vaccination coverage (%) for Estimated Residential Population (eligible), by jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Population with at least one doses, 5+ years (%) Population with two doses, 5+ years (%) Eligible population with third dose, 16+ years (%)Eligible population with fourth dose, 30+ years (%)
National93.0%90.2%71.8%40.9%
NSW91.8%89.4%69.8%42.6%
Vic92.0%89.4%73.9%38.5%
Qld88.5%85.8%64.9%44.2%
WA94.8%91.8%83.2%35.0%
SA91.9%88.8%75.7%44.6%
Tas97.3%94.5%74.4%47.5%
ACT>99%98.2%80.3%44.8%
NT85.5%81.4%79.2%23.7%

Source: Australian Immunisation Register as at 28 Sep 2022

COVID-19 treatments

  • COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (Paxlovid) and molnupiravir (Lagevrio) are available through the PBS for eligible patients.
  • Commencing 11 July 2022, the PBS eligibility criteria for COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments Paxlovid and Lagevrio has been expanded.
  • Please note that individual script counts may not add to the total script count. The weekly numbers relate to the date of supply (dispensing) of the medicine. The state relates to the location of the dispensing pharmacy. Figures may change due to claiming activity by pharmacies.
  • Updated eligibility for oral COVID-19 treatment is available on the COVID 19 treatment eligibility page.

Total weekly PBS scripts for oral COVID-19 treatment, by jurisdiction

Total weekly PBS scripts for oral COVID-19 treatment, by age groups

Source: PBS; included Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) & Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) patients, for week ending 25 Sep 2022, as at 29 Sep 2022

COVID-19 impact on hospitals

  • The number of hospitalised COVID-19 cases has decreased by an average 12.2% compared to the previous week.
  • More information about hospital and intensive care for COVID-19 is available on the Health Direct website.

Weekly COVID-19 cases in hospital and ICU and case notifications, Australia, 01 Jan 2022 to 27 Sep 2022

Hospitalisations ICU
7-day rolling average figures at 27 Sep 20221,72450
% change since previous week-12.2%-9.3%

Weekly COVID-19 cases in hospital and ICU and case notifications, by jurisdiction, 01 Jan 2022 to 27 Sep 2022

Jurisdiction 7-day rolling average of COVID-19 hospitalisations as at 27 Sep 2022 7-day rolling average COVID-19 ICU cases as at 27 Sep 2022
NSW1,16626
Vic14310
Qld1335
WA1392
SA495
Tas181
ACT640
NT131

Source: Jurisdictional reporting, as at 28 Sep 2022. Please note that due to rounding, jurisdiction averages may not sum exactly to national averages.

Only includes NT after 10 January 2022 as NT hospitalised all cases until 10 January 2022.

Daily COVID-19 invasive ventilations as a proportion of all ventilations, Australia, 01 Jan 2022 to 28 Sep 2022

Jurisdiction Total patients on ventilation as at 28 Sep 2022 Total COVID positive patients on ventilation as at 28 Sep 2022
NSW15611
Vic1463
Qld1021
WA352
SA240
Tas91
ACT10
NT00

Source: Critical Health Resources Information System (CHRIS), as at 28 Sep 2022

COVID-19 impact on residential aged care homes

Daily COVID-19 active outbreaks in aged care homes, 29 Nov 2021 to 28 Sep 2022

Jurisdiction Active outbreaks in aged care homes as at 21 Sep 2022 Active outbreaks in aged care homes as at 28 Sep 2022
NSW7464
Vic6945
Qld2826
WA2723
SA2622
Tas43
ACT21
NT31

Resident cases in aged care homes, 01 Jan 2022 to 28 Sep 2022

Jurisdiction Total resident cases as at 21 Sep 2022 Total resident cases as at 28 Sep 2022
National959686
NSW326217
Vic320202
Qld8380
WA101103
SA10751
Tas105
ACT67
NT621

Staff cases in aged care homes, 01 Jan 2022 to 28 Sep 2022

Jurisdiction Total staff cases as at 21 Sep 2022 Total staff cases as at 28 Sep 2022
National317233
NSW12378
Vic7066
Qld4235
WA4731
SA3119
Tas00
ACT22
NT22

Source: AUS CAIRS, as at 28 Sep 2022

Cases in NDIS services

This table shows the number of confirmed active COVID-19 cases, deaths and recovered cases, in Australia and each state and territory, for NDIS participants and workers since March 2020*. 

Source: NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 4/10/2022.

Cumulative infections count

Includes people who were reported to the NDIS Commission or the NDIA as having died with COVID-19.

State

Participant Active

Worker Active

Participant Recovered

Worker Recovered

Participant Deaths

ACT

-

-

528

430

-

NSW

96

91

9305

12219

30

NT

-

-

302

524

-

QLD

44

29

3521

5715

9

SA

47

24

2594

3662

8

TAS

22

15

792

1636

-

VIC

88

52

6464

5493

32

WA

38

55

2707

4124

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

337

273

26216

33804

87
  • Note: this table only shows counts greater than 5.
  • *Only registered NDIS providers are required to notify the NDIS Commission, as soon as is practicable, of certain changes and events that significantly impact their provision of services regulated by the NDIS Commission, including COVID-19 impacts such as infection of participants, under section 13 and 13A of the NDIS (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018. Therefore, these figures do not represent all NDIS participants or all people with disability (who may not be NDIS participants).

COVID-19 epidemiology reports

For access to the epidemiological reports, published in CDI, on the incidence, severity, and distribution of coronavirus disease, see the COVID-19 epidemiology reports, Australia, 2020–2022.

State and territory reporting

For more information please contact the relevant jurisdiction's health department. You can also request data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). Requests for NNDSS data may require agreement from states and territories.

Technical notes

  • Please note that due to rounding, jurisdiction averages may not sum exactly to national averages.
  • The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) is a dynamic system, where data are subject to retrospective revisions as updates are received, particularly for recent weeks. Data may vary from data reported in published NNDSS reports and reports of notification data by states and territories.
  • The NNDSS data on COVID-19 associated deaths relate to date of death of an individual.
  • A COVID-19 booster/third dose is a dose after an individual is fully vaccinated and is aged 16 years and older. This will continue to be revised in accordance with policy advice and ATAGI eligibility updates. There are no distinguishing characteristics in the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) for third doses and boosters at this stage, as the AIR does not allow for the recognition of immunocompromised separate to boosters or other doses that are recorded as more than a second dose.
  • Australian COVID-19 Aged Care Incident Response System (AUS CAIRS) data is sourced via case managers through facility self-reporting into the My Aged Care Portal. Data presented on this page is the number of positive cases associated with current outbreaks and may differ from historical reports due to lags in uploading to the system. Non-residential establishments such as Multipurpose Services and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care are included in active outbreak data.
  • Invasive ventilation data is sourced from the Critical Health Resources Information System (CHRIS). Hospitals can submit multiple entries every day. Daily aggregations use the maximum entry for each hospital after removing outliers. Data from CHRIS is subject to retrospective revision and may vary from data reported in published NNDSS reports and reports of notification data by states and territories.
  • Estimated Resident Population (ERP) is based on Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Resident Population 2020. ERP is the official measure of the population of Australia, based on their usual residence. It refers to all people, regardless of nationality, citizenship or legal status, who usually live in Australia, with the exception of foreign diplomatic personnel and their families. The ERP includes usual residents who are overseas for less than 12 months and excludes overseas visitors who are in Australia for less than 12 months.
Last updated: 
4 October 2022
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