Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Weekly COVID-19 reporting

This page provides updates on national COVID-19 case numbers, vaccinations and trends.

COVID-19 case notifications

  • Over the last week, 5,302 cases of COVID-19 were reported across Australia, an average of 757 cases per day.

COVID-19 cases and 7 day rolling average, 01 Jan 2022 to 19 Sep 2023

Weekly case numbers and change (%)

Jurisdiction Average daily cases as at 19 Sep 2023 Change in average cases compared to previous week (%)
National757+ 4.6%
NSW306+ 4.0%
Vic118+ 15.5%
Qld74+ 15.7%
WA81- 21.8%
SA109+ 22.6%
Tas34- 19.1%
ACT25+ 16.2%
NT11+ 34.5%

Source: Jurisdictional reporting as at 20 Sep 2023. Please note that due to rounding, jurisdiction averages may not sum exactly to national averages. Please note, as of 1 July 2023, Victoria no longer collects information on COVID-19 self-reported Rapid Antigen Test results.

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, particularly for the last two weeks, in confirming death notifications publicly reported by States and Territories; recent data 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 19 Sep 2023

COVID-19 associated deaths, rolling 7-day average by jurisdiction, 01 Jan 2022 to 19 Sep 2023

Source: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System as at 20 Sep 2023

COVID-19 vaccinations

  • To find the latest COVID-19 vaccination statistics, please see the COVID-19 vaccination rollout update.
  • Over 68.7 million total vaccine doses have been administered since the COVID-19 Vaccination program began in February 2021.
  • Over 29,000 doses have been administered over the last 7 days.
  • Since 1 January 2023, over 3.9 million 2023 Booster Doses have been administered to people aged 18 and over.
  • The 2023 Booster program formally commenced on 20 Feb 2023. Note administration of vaccine doses may be impacted by public holidays.

COVID-19 daily booster doses administered by 18+ age group (since 1 January 2023)

Source: Australian Immunisation Register as at 20 Sep 2023

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 17 Sep 2023 extracted on 21 Sep 2023

COVID-19 impact on hospitals

  • The number of hospitalised COVID-19 cases has decreased by an average of 0.9% 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 19 Sep 2023

Hospitalisations ICU
7-day rolling average figures at 19 Sep 202394022
% change since previous week-0.9%-10.2%

Weekly COVID-19 cases in hospital and ICU and case notifications, by jurisdiction, 01 Jan 2022 to 19 Sep 2023

Jurisdiction 7-day rolling average of COVID-19 hospitalisations as at 19 Sep 2023 7-day rolling average COVID-19 ICU cases as at 19 Sep 2023
NSW60811
Vic1438
Qld852
WA360
SA400
Tas170
ACT80
NT40

Source: Jurisdictional reporting, as at 20 Sep 2023. 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. ACT hospital and ICU data was not available between 13 November 2022 and 24 November 2022. QLD ICU occupancy data was unavailable between 23 December 2022 and 1 January 2023. NSW hospital and ICU occupancy data is only available for weekdays. From 2 March 2023, only public hospitalisations are reported for QLD (total hospitalisations, and ICU data reported from separate systems). From 17 March 2023, South Australia data pertaining to hospitalisations may no longer include all COVID-19 cases confirmed by Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). Hospitalisation data will continue to include cases admitted in public hospitals who have laboratory confirmed COVID-19 tests (PCR positive). Variables of ICU admission and ventilation are no longer able to be reported.

Daily COVID-19 invasive ventilations as a proportion of all ventilations, Australia, 01 Jan 2022 to 20 Sep 2023

Jurisdiction Total patients on ventilation as at 20 Sep 2023 Total COVID positive patients on ventilation as at 20 Sep 2023
NSW1502
Vic1412
Qld681
WA180
SA190
Tas40
ACT10
NT70

Source: Critical Health Resources Information System (CHRIS), as at 20 Sep 2023

COVID-19 impact on residential aged care homes

Daily COVID-19 active outbreaks in aged care homes, 01 Jan 2022 to 20 Sep 2023

Jurisdiction Active outbreaks in aged care homes as at 13 Sep 2023 Active outbreaks in aged care homes as at 20 Sep 2023
NSW2639
Vic3545
Qld1310
WA65
SA1619
Tas32
ACT33
NT10

Resident cases in aged care homes, 01 Jan 2022 to 20 Sep 2023

Jurisdiction Total resident cases as at 13 Sep 2023 Total resident cases as at 20 Sep 2023
National440645
NSW116185
Vic184288
Qld4559
WA1326
SA4775
Tas152
ACT1110
NT90

Staff cases in aged care homes, 01 Jan 2022 to 20 Sep 2023

Jurisdiction Total staff cases as at 13 Sep 2023 Total staff cases as at 20 Sep 2023
National127238
NSW4172
Vic50101
Qld516
WA83
SA1040
Tas80
ACT06
NT50

Source: My Aged Care Provider Portal, as at 21 Sep 2023

COVID-19 deaths among people on NDIS and Disability Support Pension

This table shows the number of COVID-19 associated deaths registered in Australia for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants and Disability Support Pension (DSP) recipients since March 2020. 

‘COVID-19 associated deaths’ are the total deaths both due to COVID-19 and with COVID-19. 

Source: The Department of Health and Aged Care’s COVID-19 linked research environment in the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (Provisional Mortality data linked to NDIS and DSP programs).

Cumulative count of COVID-19 associated deaths
Disability groups Participant deaths to 31 July 2023
People on NDIS (including those receiving DSP) 439
DSP-only recipients 811
Total 1,250

Note: Data may be incomplete due to a lag in death registrations.

NDIS population as at 31 March 2023.
DSP population as at 31 March 2023.
Data is confidentialised to protect the privacy of individuals.

This series of reporting based on data matched with the MADIP dataset commenced 1 June 2023, replacing previous reporting which set out COVID cases and deaths among NDIS recipients reported to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

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

From 7 October 2022, there is a change in series to update the COVID-19 vaccination reporting to better reflect current circumstances providing a more accurate and up to date representation of the level of protection in the population. Changes include:

  • Updated population denominator used for general coverage to the latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Residential Population (2021)
  • Removed from all coverage calculations individuals who are no longer in scope for the vaccination rollout (i.e. deceased or permanently left Australia)
  • Included doses that may have been administered internationally where the vaccine brand is recognised by the TGA and recorded into the Australian Immunisation Register.
  • 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.
  • The 2023 COVID-19 Booster program formally commenced on 20 February 2023, in accordance with latest policy advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). The COVID-19 2023 Booster doses is a count of the number of vaccine doses administered to individuals aged 18 years and over who have received their third or higher dose in sequence in 2023. 
  • 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 2021. 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.
  • Cumulative count of COVID-19 associated deaths includes all individuals registered on the NDIS and/or DSP at the time of their death (or who exited within 4 weeks prior to death).
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