Coronavirus (COVID-19) at a glance – 14 April 2020

As at 3pm on 14 April 2020, a total of 6,400 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 61 deaths. 

• Over the past week, there has been an average of 70 new cases reported each day. Of the newly reported cases, the majority have been from NSW, followed by Victoria.
• Cases of COVID-19 were reported across all ages.
  • The median age of all cases is 47 years (range: 0 to 100 years).
  • The median age of deaths is 79 years (range: 55 to 94 years).
• There is a relatively equal ratio of male-to-female cases across most age groups.
• The national rate of increase of new cases over the past 24 hours is now around 1%. This has declined from 2% reported this time last week. However, it is too soon to tell whether this trend will be sustained.
• Of cases with a reported place of acquisition, more than 64% have recent international travel history, including around 1,200 cases associated with cruise ships. It is likely the proportion of imported cases will reduce over the coming weeks as a result of the border restrictions.
• The overall proportion of cases under investigation in each state and territory is relatively low, indicating that public health actions, including case identification and contact tracing, is occurring in a timely manner.
• To date, more than 360,000 tests have been conducted nationally. Of those tests conducted 1.7% have been positive.
• The ‘cases in aged care services’ table presents the number of cases that have been reported among care recipients in Australian Government subsidised Residential and In Home Care settings in each state and territory.

View the latest information on our current situation and case numbers page.