Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[jakeseven7]

The rail line must surely be starting to hurt WA.

The replacement trucks (if they can convince anyone to do it) are just going to spark even more outbreaks.

Munches popcorn.

 

[exceladdict]

The rail line must surely be starting to hurt WA.

TP and most tissues gone at my local Coles. Perhaps it truly is 2020.

Restriction wise though, I'm not sure it will change the border rules sooner than planned. Supply chain drivers would be captured under the critical industry rules outlined recently, with shorter isolation periods. Perhaps another rule could allow asymptomatic cases or exposure-site-visited drivers to isolate in their cabins, wear N95s when refuelling, etc but I don't see that as appealing or feasible.

We aren't quite at the "three meals away from chaos" moment, despite my local Nandos having no chicken for a long time.

 

[oz_mark]

My local Coles has plenty.of toilet paper, but there are stock shortages across the store. Some empty shelves here and there.

The issue with truck drivers is that some aren't interested in driving to Perth when there is plenty.of other work around, without all the palava entailed.in the WA border.

 

[jase05]

My local Coles has plenty.of toilet paper, but there are stock shortages across the store. Some empty shelves here and there.

The issue with truck drivers is that some aren't interested in driving to Perth when there is plenty.of other work around, without all the palava entailed.in the WA border.

Most of the truck drivers happy to drive anywhere but the companies can make more money with their trucks doing shorter work and not have to deal with the prospect of their drivers getting stuck on the other side of Earth.
They have had cutbacks with air freight too so going to need someone to pony up to get freight moving. A lot of rain forecast for the North and Western regions of SA this week so more flooding expected and possible road damage.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

NSW (143,219 active – 21,000 public hospital beds, 884 public/private ICU beds)
[previous peak hospital/ICU: 1268/242 - September 2021]
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused - announced 7/1

24/1 8190 PCR+, 48k tests, 6901 RAT+, 2816 hospital, 196 ICU
25/1 9422 PCR+, 57k tests, 9090 RAT+, 2943 hospital, 183 ICU
26/1 12,918 PCR+, 67k tests, 8112 RAT+, 2794 hospital, 175 ICU
27/1 9934 PCR+, 65k tests, 7382 RAT+, 2722 hospital, 181 ICU
28/1 6256 PCR+, 37k tests, 7077 RAT+, 2737 hospital, 189 ICU
29/1 7928 PCR+, 58k tests, 5426 RAT+, 2693 hospital, 186 ICU
30/1 7492 PCR+, 50k tests, 6032 RAT+, 2663 hospital, 182 ICU
31/1 7362 PCR+, 37k tests, 5664 RAT+, 2779 hospital, 185 ICU *2000 historic PCR+ included

Victoria (76,335 active – 15,000 public hospital beds, 476 public/private ICU beds)
[previous peak hospital/ICU: 851/163 - October 2021]
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused - announced 6/1

24/1 4488 PCR+, 21k tests, 64% of 7207 RAT+, 998 hospital, 119 ICU
25/1 6297 PCR+, 30k tests, 65% of 8539 RAT+, 1057 hospital, 119 ICU
26/1 6533 PCR+, 34k tests, 63% of 6974 RAT+, 1089 hospital, 117 ICU
27/1 6130 PCR+, 31k tests, 60% of 7625 RAT+, 1057 hospital, 117 ICU
28/1 5345 PCR+, 24k tests, 61% of 7410 RAT+, 988 hospital, 114 ICU
29/1 6244 PCR+, 31k tests, 6006 RAT+, 953 hospital, 114 ICU
30/1 4479 PCR+, 25k tests, 6110 RAT+, 889 hospital, 111 ICU
31/1 3568 PCR+, 20k tests, 6485 RAT+, 873 hospital, 102 ICU

Tasmania (4903 active – 1500 public hospital beds, 38 public/private ICU beds)

24/1 170 PCR+, 1.7k tests, 449 RAT+, 17/41 hospital, 3 ICU
25/1 154 PCR+, 1.3k tests, 489 RAT+, 15/35 hospital, 3 ICU
26/1 206 PCR+, 1.7k tests, 506 RAT+, 11/28 hospital, 2 ICU
27/1 246 PCR+, 1.5k tests, 480 RAT+, 12/24 hospital, 0 ICU
28/1 135 PCR+, 1.6k tests, 449 RAT+, 9/19 hospital, 1 ICU
29/1 208 PCR+, 1.5k tests, 475 RAT+, 7/17 hospital, 1 ICU
30/1 188 PCR+, 1.7k tests, 406 RAT+, 10/20 hospital, 1 ICU
31/1 157 PCR+, 1.2k tests, 347 RAT+, 7/16 hospital, 1 ICU

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

ACT (4175 active – 1200 public hospital beds, 37 public/private ICU beds)
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused at 1 hospital - announced 7/1

24/1 472 PCR+, 284 RAT+, 68 hospital, 3 ICU
25/1 546 PCR+, 358 RAT+, 67 hospital, 3 ICU
26/1 600 PCR+, 296 RAT+, 67 hospital, 5 ICU
27/1 648 PCR+, 236 RAT+, 73 hospital, 4 ICU
28/1 478 PCR+, 256 RAT+, 66 hospital, 5 ICU
29/1 438 PCR+, 182 RAT+, 61 hospital, 5 ICU
30/1 377 PCR+, 207 RAT+, 62 hospital, 3 ICU
31/1 331 PCR+, 206 RAT+, 62 hospital, 2 ICU

NT (5550 active – 1000 public hospital beds, 20 public/private ICU beds)

24/1 286 positives, 0.9k tests, 78 hospital, 4 ICU
25/1 517 positives, 1.1k tests, 72 hospital, 3 ICU
26/1 492 positives, 1.6k tests, 84 hospital, 3 ICU
27/1 626* positives, 1.6k tests, 95 hospital, 4 ICU *amended to 747 positives on 28/1
28/1 940* positives, 1.6k tests, 105 hospital, 3 ICU *amended to 1006 on 29/1
29/1 828* positives, 1.4k tests, 111 hospital, 5 ICU *amended to 879 on 30/11
30/1 849* positives, 1.3k tests, 121 hospital, 3 ICU *amended to 901 on 31/1
31/1 760 positives, 0.9k tests, 114 hospital, 5 ICU

Edit: ABC blog erroneously reporting NT as 812 today - its 760 today and 52 added to yesterday's total (760+52=812)

 

[drron]

The Tassie stats. Continuing the slow rise in Vaccinations.

 

[jrfsp]

If they are correct about Covid becoming endemic the tail will never end, and it will just go up and down in waves of various sizes due to variety of factors. The severity (virulence) largely depending on the variant/s of the time.

No huge spike means that the health system and economy will both cope better.

Interestingly cases in the UK have plateaued on the way down, with numbers around the some for the last few weeks.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases?areaType=overview&areaName=United%20Kingdom

Omicron's fall has slowed - should we worry?

Covid cases could stay at a high level until spring, experts say. What does this mean for the UK?

www.bbc.com

 

[oz_mark]

WA. 12 cases. All linked.

 

[RooFlyer]

Tasmania (4903 active – 1500 public hospital beds, 38 public/private ICU beds)

The Tassie stats. Continuing the slow rise in Vaccinations.

Tas Premier announced that tomorrows stats will have a reduction down of past ( coughulative) cases of about 1300 or 4% due to data scrubbing - found RAT , PCR duplicates etc

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Qld (63,119 active – 13,000 public hospital beds, 408 public/private ICU beds)
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused - announced 8/1

24/1 6597 PCR+, 19k tests, 3615 RAT+, 878 hospital, 50 ICU
25/1 5701 PCR+, 20k tests, 3845 RAT+, 928 hospital, 51 ICU
26/1 8954 PCR+, 31k tests, 4557 RAT+, 889 hospital, 47 ICU
27/1 7614 PCR+, 26k tests, 3986 RAT+, 829 hospital, 48 ICU
28/1 6014 PCR+, 19k tests, 3960 RAT+, 818 hospital, 54 ICU
29/1 7147 PCR+, 25k tests, 3244 RAT+, 833 hospital, 53 ICU
30/1 8580 positives, 22k tests, 745 hospital, 41 ICU *no RAT+ provided
31/1 4613 PCR+, 15k tests, 2849 RAT+, 744 hospital, 46 ICU

SA (19,847 active – 4500 public hospital beds, 161 public/private ICU beds)
Certain elective surgery suspended/paused - announced 28/12

24/1 2009 positives, 9.7k tests, 294 hospital, 29 ICU
25/1 1869 positives, 9.7k tests, 287 hospital, 32 ICU
26/1 2401 positives, 13k tests, 288 hospital, 26 ICU
27/1 1953 positives, 10k tests, 288 hospital, 27 ICU
28/1 1846 positives, 9.1k tests, 285 hospital, 24 ICU
29/1 1740 positives, 9.9k tests, 283 hospital, 29 ICU
30/1 1663 positives, 9.1k tests, 289 hospital, 25 ICU
31/1 1505 positives, 8.8k tests, 281 hospital, 25 ICU

WA (155 active – 5900 public hospital beds, 179 public/private ICU bed)

24/1 13 local positives – 1 unlinked, 4.9k tests
25/1 14 local positives – 2 unlinked, 9.8k tests, 2 hospital, 1 ICU
26/1 24 local positives – 2 unlinked, 8.3k tests, 1 hospital, 1 ICU
27/1 10 local positives, 5.6k tests, 2 hospital, 1 ICU
28/1 9 local positives – 2 unlinked, 7.4k tests, 2 hospital, 1 ICU
29/1 22 local positives – 1 unlinked, 7.0k tests, 1 hospital, 1 ICU
30/1 20 local positives – 1 unlinked, 5.4k tests, 1 hospital, 1 ICU
31/1 12 local positives, 4.7k tests, 1 hospital

 

[mannej]

TP and most tissues gone at my local Coles. Perhaps it truly is 2020.

Restriction wise though, I'm not sure it will change the border rules sooner than planned. Supply chain drivers would be captured under the critical industry rules outlined recently, with shorter isolation periods. Perhaps another rule could allow asymptomatic cases or exposure-site-visited drivers to isolate in their cabins, wear N95s when refuelling, etc but I don't see that as appealing or feasible.

We aren't quite at the "three meals away from chaos" moment, despite my local Nandos having no chicken for a long time.

No chicken breast, ribs or tenders at our local, so whole chooks it was for tea the other night.

 

[jrfsp]

No chicken breast, ribs or tenders at our local, so whole chooks it was for tea the other night.

Could be worse -From a friend in DRW:

 

[OZDUCK]

We were at an IGA this morning in Southern Perth and there were no obvious shortages on the shelves. The people in front of us in the checkout had a 24 pack of TP so it was available.

 

[MARTINE]

Could be worse -From a friend in DRW:

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OMG
looks like early 80’s Eastern Europe

 

[antycbr]

OMG
looks like early 80’s Eastern Europe

Or HAV on a good day

 

[Pushka]

SA continues to trend down, 1266 today and three deaths (no details on age), hospital numbers down. Announcement this Arvo about elective surgery. For once I agree with AMA, the restrictions to elective surgery are doing more harm than Covid to a great number more people. There are some awful stories coming out and I can understand the complete distress of those waiting on public lists.

 

[jase05]

SA continues to trend down, 1266 today and three deaths (no details on age), hospital numbers down. Announcement this Arvo about elective surgery. For once I agree with AMA, the restrictions to elective surgery are doing more harm than Covid to a great number more people. There are some awful stories coming out and I can understand the complete distress of those waiting on public lists.

And of course it has nothing to do with several AFL players needing some minor surgery and the clubs lobbying the government for elective surgery to return

 

[Pushka]

And of course it has nothing to do with several AFL players needing some minor surgery and the clubs lobbying the government for elective surgery to return

Ah. Of course. Yes. I heard this the other day. Must be a Power player.

 

[jase05]

Yes. I heard this the other day. Must be a Power player.

A couple of them are