Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[RooFlyer]

Big jump in Tas numbers for yesterday - about 1,800 according to radio report just now. Previous high about 1,300

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Big jump in Tas numbers for yesterday - about 1,800 according to radio report just now. Previous high about 1,300

Yes, probably new peak soon. (Previous peak 2223 on 8 Jan).

Apparently Omicron-plus (Omicron BA.2) is 40% more transmissible than Omicron. Not sure what that means for the infections stat - Tas will get about 40% more (expect peak of 3000-3200)???

Apparently Omicron-plus has similar in terms of impact on serious illness as Omicron.

 

[jakeseven7]

Oh well.

Meanwhile I think people have started travelling in earnest again - MEL was rammed today! Is there an event on in our events capital or something?

 

[exceladdict]

Oh well.

Meanwhile I think people have started travelling in earnest again - MEL was rammed today! Is there an event on in our events capital or something?

Looking at some PER<>NTL or SYD in the coming few weeks; options seem thin and prices are high. Looking forward to capacity coming back online...

 

[jase05]

Oh well.

Meanwhile I think people have started travelling in earnest again - MEL was rammed today! Is there an event on in our events capital or something?

Was packed for Moomba when I was there on the weekend but buzz around AFL season kicking off tonight with 80k expected at game

 

[Pushka]

And busy in Adelaide too. Hopefully the figures won't spook our CHO but they will. She baulked yesterday at removing the mask mandate and close contacts stuck at 15 minutes which is crippling business. But people are just so compliant. One woman was saying she was a close contact because she spent 16 minutes with her now positive grandson. I mean, really?

 

[oz_mark]

WA Health is reporting a total of 6,062 new cases to 8pm last night. There are currently 28,772 active cases in Western Australia.

WA Health can confirm a female in her eighties has passed away.

To 8pm last night, there were 123 people with COVID-19 in hospital, two in ICU.

Active cases: 28,772
Cases in hospital: 123
Cases in ICU: 2
Deaths recorded yesterday: 1

Total case breakdown

Region Active (new to 8pm last night)
Metropolitan 25,005 (5,288)
Goldfields 347 (75)
Great Southern 192 (43)
Kimberley 192 (42)
Midwest 278 (58)
Pilbara 484 (126)
South West 708 (152)
Wheatbelt 276 (56)

 

[JohnM]

WA Health is reporting a total of 6,062 new cases to 8pm last night. There are currently 28,772 active cases in Western Australia.

WA Health can confirm a female in her eighties has passed away.

To 8pm last night, there were 123 people with COVID-19 in hospital, two in ICU.

Active cases: 28,772
Cases in hospital: 123
Cases in ICU: 2
Deaths recorded yesterday: 1

Total case breakdown

Region Active (new to 8pm last night)
Metropolitan 25,005 (5,288)
Goldfields 347 (75)
Great Southern 192 (43)
Kimberley 192 (42)
Midwest 278 (58)
Pilbara 484 (126)
South West 708 (152)
Wheatbelt 276 (56)

Sure is dragging out tediously...

Their 'modelling' - that they refuse to reveal anything about (probably because it's just some guesswork ) - was forecasting 10K cases for Monday this week. Nowhere near it yet.

 

[RooFlyer]

Oh well.

Meanwhile I think people have started travelling in earnest again - MEL was rammed today! Is there an event on in our events capital or something?

HBA QP was packed to overflowing this morning. Oh, hang on, that's just usual Covid levels.

 

[Pushka]

Big jump in SA today too.

 

[oz_mark]

Sure is dragging out tediously...

Their 'modelling' - that they refuse to reveal anything about (probably because it's just some guesswork ) - was forecasting 10K cases for Monday this week. Nowhere near it yet.

Yep. Don't think we've reached the peak yet..and then there will probably be a long tail....

 

[oz_mark]

Big jump in SA today too.

Shut the border!

 

[Pushka]

Shut the border!

A baby jump compared with NSW and not half the current Vic positives. However WA looking a bit suss these days

 

[OATEK]

It's funny that sitting here in London there is nothing much said about covid infection rates, rules are gone, and no one talking about it on trains/buses (well if you know London they rarely do talk there) or in shops/cafes. Still lots of people wearing masks on trains, in supermarkets. Over here most of the discussion is about Ukraine. But in Sydney, my daughter talked about a function the other day for Women's Day where 6 out of 34 tested positive within a few days following.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Meanwhile I just

It's funny that sitting here in London there is nothing much said about covid infection rates, rules are gone, and no one talking about it on trains/buses (well if you know London they rarely do talk there) or in shops/cafes. Still lots of people wearing masks on trains, in supermarkets. Over here most of the discussion is about Ukraine. But in Sydney, my daughter talked about a function the other day for Women's Day where 6 out of 34 tested positive within a few days following.

Same in Switzerland. People know about it but it's like a distant memory. I usually dread going back home after a holiday but this is for a whole different reason now!

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Yep. Don't think we've reached the peak yet..and then there will probably be a long tail....

Doesn't endemic relevantly mean there will be constant cases, so it will be a neverending tail or further bumps?!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Doesn't endemic relevantly mean there will be constant cases, so it will be a neverending tail or further bumps?!

Well if like the flu, a continuing rise and fall with new variants. The flu seems mainly confined colder months, whereas Covid seems able to cycle thoughout the year.

Much less of an issue now though due to the vaccination levels.

 

[tgh]

Steady stream of anecdotal , but nevertheless concerning , reports about deltacron

Rumours that the fat lady had entered the theatre may be premature….

 

[drron]

Steady stream of anecdotal , but nevertheless concerning , reports about deltacron

Rumours that the fat lady had entered the theatre may be premature….

We didn't even need the theatre with outbreaks of H1N1 flu though it is nastier than Omicron 1 and 2. more lethal in young children and Pregnant women. Even a cause of blood clots just like Covid.
Why weren't we all terrified by it.

Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 - Wikipedia

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[Pushka]

Steady stream of anecdotal , but nevertheless concerning , reports about deltacron

Rumours that the fat lady had entered the theatre may be premature….

But neither is the need for panic. If vaccination worked well for Delta and with booster for Omicron then let's just wait.