COVID-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations

In September 2022, the federal and state governments began releasing data once a week, on Fridays, instead of daily. As a result, Guardian Australia aggregates data released prior to that date into weekly values, so that new figures are comparable with older ones.

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This chart shows the number of Covid cases every week from June 2021. Due to changes in testing from 5 January 2022, and the inclusion of self-reported rat-test numbers, case numbers should be considered an approximation of the actual count.

Weekly COVID-19 Cases in Australia

This chart shows the number of people hospitalized with COVID on the Friday of each week. The dropdown lets you view numbers for different states and territories:

Australia COVID-19 hospitalization chart. Number of people hospitalized over time in all Australian states and territories ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia number.

This chart shows the number of people hospitalized per 100,000 residents in each state and territory.

Weekly COVID hospitalizations per 100k population by jurisdiction

Here you can see the number of people who died due to covid every week. Some states have updated the number of deaths retrospectively, which has led to spikes:

Weekly deaths from COVID-19 in Australia

Vaccine Rollout: National and State Progress

Here you can see how the booster rollout is progressing – with the second, third and fourth doses as percentages of the population.

Tracking the rollout of Covid vaccines in Australia

Here are the latest vaccination rates for each state and territory, as well as booster vaccination rates by different age groups:

Vaccination levels by dose and jurisdiction

Not all countries regularly publish comprehensive immunization data. Here you can see how Australia compares to OECD countries in terms of the number of vaccinations per hundred people in each country:

Total vaccinations per 100 population, by country

notes and changes

• September 14, 2022 – Changed the format of the cases, hospitalizations, deaths, and vaccine tracking charts to reflect the transition to the weekly data release.

• 18 July 2022 – The national hospitalization chart has been changed to one that shows all jurisdictions. Chart includes interpolated data for some jurisdictions.

Due to the unprecedented and ongoing nature of the coronavirus outbreak, this article is being updated regularly to ensure that it reflects the current situation on the date of publication. Any significant corrections made to this or previous versions of the article will continue to be footnoted in line with The Guardian’s editorial policy.