Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Must...Fly!]

And none of this will be remembered come election time.

 

[drron]

But Wellcamp isn't the only financial hit that QLD has had with Covid. Until very recently they were paying out I believe a million dollars a week for the Stamford Plaza even though it closed because of the floods 2 months ago.

Now Pinkeba is to come online but part funded by the Commonwealth. At least it is Government owned so can be used as they see fit.

What I don't get is why they don't come up with a concrete plan for using these facilities for natural disasters. An occasional thought bubble sometimes is released but nothing concrete. There are quite a few in SE QLD that would love guaranteed accommodation.

 

[nutwood]

But Wellcamp isn't the only financial hit that QLD has had with Covid. Until very recently they were paying out I believe a million dollars a week for the Stamford Plaza even though it closed because of the floods 2 months ago.

Now Pinkeba is to come online but part funded by the Commonwealth. At least it is Government owned so can be used as they see fit.

What I don't get is why they don't come up with a concrete plan for using these facilities for natural disasters. An occasional thought bubble sometimes is released but nothing concrete. There are quite a few in SE QLD that would love guaranteed accommodation.

My thoughts exactly. There should be no reason why well built government accommodation should ever be seen as a white elephant. I'm assuming well built as the intended purpose was quarantine. Doesn't stop it being re-purposed as needs arise. Only limitation is the imagination of those in charge of it and that could prove to be the real road block.

 

[RooFlyer]

Tasmanian cases continue to decline. According to newspaper, 1/5 of Tasmanians have had the virus, and recovered. Graphic from The Mercury on line.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Ripping through the office again. Everyone that has received a positive RAT so far has had literally no idea they were "sick". Touch wood, still managing to avoid.

Starting today we are dropping RAT testing to 3 x weekly instead of daily pre-shift. Still need to get a confirmatory PCR if positive on RAT. Baby steps.

 

[nutwood]

Tasmanian cases continue to decline. According to newspaper, 1/5 of Tasmanians have had the virus, and recovered. Graphic from The Mercury on line.

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I wonder if it's possible to postulate economic theories, based on the 1 in five figure? If you could say that on average, every Covid case represents one working adult isolating for seven days, that's 700,000 working days lost.
Obviously, not every Covid case is a working adult, but given the close contact rules I would think the one isolating average would not be too unreasonable.

 

[exceladdict]

Ripping through the office again. Everyone that has received a positive RAT so far has had literally no idea they were "sick". Touch wood, still managing to avoid.

Starting today we are dropping RAT testing to 3 x weekly instead of daily pre-shift. Still need to get a confirmatory PCR if positive on RAT. Baby steps.

Any/many instances of people with a second round of infection?

 

[RooFlyer]

Close contact isolation rule abandoned in Tas today, for those asymptomatic/not infected. Daily RAT required, need to inform employer and a few more things, but yeah, OK ....

 

[Must...Fly!]

Friend of mine - positive RAT Sunday
Wife - feeling average but negative RAT x2
Went for PCR Monday - positive

She received call from health department this morning asking how she was/needed anything. Then several missed calls from hospital she had PCR from seeking to ask same thing. Then two "authorised officers" turned up at their front door wanting to know if she was at home (and if she was OK).

Yawn, I guess I understand the checking on someone thing but what a waste of resources. Wonder how much money we're wasting on this stuff?

 

[Pushka]

the new SA Premier promised three weeks ago that unlike the former Govt, the Covid updates will be made at 12 noon instead of 4pm. That promise lasted all of four weeks. Wonder if it's so high they are scared. Masks to remain only in school, poor kids. While our close contact rules were to change on Friday he was making noises yesterday that this was never as a guarantee. Well, it was.

 

[cwphoto]

Friend of mine - positive RAT Sunday
Wife - feeling average but negative RAT x2
Went for PCR Monday - positive

She received call from health department this morning asking how she was/needed anything. Then several missed calls from hospital she had PCR from seeking to ask same thing. Then two "authorised officers" turned up at their front door wanting to know if she was at home (and if she was OK).

Yawn, I guess I understand the checking on someone thing but what a waste of resources. Wonder how much money we're wasting on this stuff?

Another nail in the coffin for testing - the Gestapo knocking at the door, FFS.

 

[N860CR]

Another nail in the coffin for testing - the Gestapo knocking at the door, FFS.

To be honest, I can’t believe we’re still funding PCR tests.

 

[MooTime]

I can't believe ppl still think Gestapo "just attend people's homes".

So many ppl still not know what happened during WWII, the Gestapo didn't just knock on your door and exchange pleasantries.

FFS I can't stand these throw away lines about naz_ Germany. It's bloody shocking & so many ppl need their heads knocked on slab of concrete a few times.

Outright disgusting!

Cry me a River how tough we have life in Australia in 21st century.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Another nail in the coffin for testing - the Gestapo knocking at the door, FFS.

They have called AGAIN. He has told them in no uncertain terms if they keep calling she'll be in hospital suffering from an anxiety attack.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

NSW (155,142 active)
[previous peak hospital: 2943 – January 2022, ICU: 242 – September 2021]

20/4 15,414 reported, 1639 hospital, 72 ICU
21/4 17,447 reported, 1641 hospital, 69 ICU
22/4 15,283 reported, 1632 hospital, 63 ICU
23/4 12,633 reported, 1617 hospital, 60 ICU
24/4 11,107 reported, 1588 hospital, 64 ICU
25/4 7985 reported, 1631 hospital, 64 ICU
26/4 9849 reported, 1695 hospital, 67 ICU
27/4 12,188 reported, 1743 hospital, 73 ICU
28/4 13,771 reported, 1701 hospital, 76 ICU
29/4 11,903 reported, 1645 hospital, 68 ICU
30/4 11,709 reported, 1623 hospital, 69 ICU

Victoria (54,992 active)
[previous peak hospital: 1229 – January 2022, ICU: 163 – October 2021]

20/4 10,628 reported, 437 hospital, 34 ICU
21/4 10,674 reported, 444 hospital, 35 ICU
22/4 9439 reported, 428 hospital, 30 ICU
23/4 8120 reported, 449 hospital, 35 ICU
24/4 7104 reported, 438 hospital, 33 ICU
25/4 7643 reported, 441 hospital, 31 ICU
26/4 9265 reported, 455 hospital, 33 ICU
27/4 10,734 reported, 456 hospital, 32 ICU
28/4 10,427 reported, 445 hospital, 35 ICU
29/4 11,083 reported, 428 hospital, 35 ICU
30/4 9064 reported, 448 hospital, 30 ICU

Qld (36,603 active)
[previous peak hospital: 928 (public) – January 2022, ICU: 71 (public+private) – February 2022]

20/4 8995 reported, 594 hospital, 25 ICU
21/4 9281 reported, 578 hospital, 17 ICU
22/4 8080 reported, 528 hospital, 18 ICU
23/4 7212 reported, 513 hospital, 15 ICU
24/4 4894 reported, 474 hospital, 14 ICU
25/4 4639 reported, 478 hospital, 12 ICU
26/4 5142 reported, 484 hospital, 13 ICU
27/4 6848 reported, 527 hospital, 12 ICU
28/4 7718 reported, 542 hospital, 15 ICU
29/4 4477 reported, 492 hospital, 11 ICU
30/4 5885 reported, 468 hospital, 9 ICU

SA (24,621 active 29/4)
[previous peak hospital: 298 – January 2022, ICU: 37 – January 2022]

20/4 4256 positives, 252 hospital, 14 ICU
21/4 4079 positives, 241 hospital, 11 ICU
22/4 4500 positives, 246 hospital, 10 ICU
23/4 3457 positives, 237 hospital, 12 ICU
24/4 2816 positives, 256 hospital, 11 ICU
25/4 3175 positives, 247 hospital, 11 ICU
26/4 3463 positives, 254 hospital, 10 ICU
27/4 4856 positives, 247 hospital, 10 ICU
28/4 3733 positives, 240 hospital, 11 ICU
29/4 3924 positives, 222 hospital, 11 ICU
30/4

Tasmania (6322 active)
[current peak hospital: 58 – April 2022, previous peak ICU: 5 – March 2022]

20/4 1819 reported, 21/56 hospital, 2 ICU
21/4 1468 reported, 20/58 hospital, 1 ICU
22/4 1265 reported, 12/41 hospital, 1 ICU
23/4 1212 reported, 9/44 hospital, 0 ICU
24/4 936 reported, 9/49 hospital, 1 ICU
25/4 867 reported, 10/43 hospital, 1 ICU
26/4 958 reported, 11/38 hospital, 1 ICU
27/4 1213 reported, 14/40 hospital, 1 ICU
28/4 1202 reported, 18/40 hospital, 1 ICU
29/4 1090 reported, 16/37 hospital, 3 ICU
30/4 1054 reported, 15/41 hospital, 3 ICU

ACT (5428 active 29/4)
[previous peak hospital: 73 – January 2022, ICU: 12 – October 2021]

20/4 1180 reported, 63 hospital, 2 ICU
21/4 1265 reported, 61 hospital, 3 ICU
22/4 1041 reported, 57 hospital, 2 ICU
23/4 975 reported, 55 hospital, 2 ICU
24/4 725 reported, 58 hospital, 3 ICU
25/4 no figures reported
26/4 831 reported, 69 hospital, 5 ICU
27/4 997 reported, 69 hospital, 4 ICU
28/4 1149 reported, 69 hospital, 3 ICU
29/4 1072 reported, 65 hospital, 3 ICU
30/4

NT (2814 active)
[previous peak hospital: 178 – February 2022, ICU: 7 – February 2022]

20/4 594 positives, 44 hospital, 2 ICU
21/4 655 positives, 49 hospital, 1 ICU
22/4 543 positives, 46 hospital, 1 ICU
23/4 525 positives, 47 hospital, 2 ICU
24/4 318 positives, 50 hospital, 1 ICU
25/4 333 positives, 51 hospital, 1 ICU
26/4 362 positives, 46 hospital, 1 ICU
27/4 538 positives, 56 hospital, 1 ICU
28/4 564 positives, 50 hospital, 2 ICU
29/4 428 positives, 47 hospital, 2 ICU
30/4 395 positives, 45 hospital, 2 ICU

WA (43,433 active 29/4)
[current peak hospital: 259 – April 2022, previous peak ICU: 18 – April 2020]

20/4 8080 positives, 244 hospital, 10 ICU
21/4 9314 positives, 248 hospital, 9 ICU
22/4 8777 positives, 258 hospital, 9 ICU
23/4 7758 positives, 248 hospital, 7 ICU
24/4 6085 positives, 239 hospital, 8 ICU
25/4 5639 positives, 240 hospital, 9 ICU
26/4 6711 positives, 249 hospital, 11 ICU
27/4 8392 positives, 253 hospital, 9 ICU
28/4 8889 positives, 237 hospital, 6 ICU
29/4 8117 positives, 233 hospital, 4 ICU
30/4

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

NSW (140,303 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 2943 – January 2022, ICU: 242 – September 2021]

30/4 11,709 reported, 1623 hospital, 69 ICU
1/5 9303 reported, 1604 hospital, 75 ICU
2/5 7723 reported, 1656 hospital, 72 ICU
3/5 9656 reported, 1513 hospital, 71 ICU
4/5 11,939 reported, 1510 hospital, 68 ICU
5/5 18,529 reported, 1529 hospital, 62 ICU
6/5 10,995 reported, 1499 hospital, 54 ICU
7/5 11,671 reported, 1481 hospital, 54 ICU
8/5 8891 reported, 1504 hospital, 57 ICU
9/5 7793 reported, 1548 hospital, 54 ICU
10/5

Victoria (62,915 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 1229 – January 2022, ICU: 163 – October 2021]

30/4 9064 reported, 448 hospital, 30 ICU
1/5 7654 reported, 437 hospital, 30 ICU
2/5 8109 reported, 456 hospital, 26 ICU
3/5 10,184 reported, 482 hospital, 25 ICU
4/5 10,779 reported, 473 hospital, 25 ICU
5/5 11,596 reported, 492 hospital, 29 ICU
6/5 10,305 reported, 502 hospital, 31 ICU
7/5 9365 reported, 494 hospital, 35 ICU
8/5 8744 reported, 491 hospital, 38 ICU
9/5 10,031 reported, 491 hospital, 43 ICU
10/5

Qld (41,576 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 928 (public) – January 2022, ICU: 71 (public+private) – February 2022]

30/4 5885 reported, 468 hospital, 9 ICU
1/5 5333 reported, 446 hospital, 14 ICU
2/5 4647 reported, 453 hospital, 11 ICU
3/5 5207 reported, 466 hospital, 15 ICU
4/5 7668 reported, 504 hospital, 21 ICU
5/5 8045 reported, 467 hospital, 14 ICU
6/5 7040 reported, 463 hospital, 15 ICU
7/5 6662 reported, 454 hospital, 12 ICU
8/5 4673 reported, 426 hospital, 12 ICU
9/5 4750 reported, 439 hospital, 12 ICU
10/5

SA (21,418 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 298 – January 2022, ICU: 37 – January 2022]

30/4 3907 positives, 250 hospital, 15 ICU
1/4 3070 positives, 229 hospital, 16 ICU
2/5 3143 positives, 257 hospital, 15 ICU
3/5 3215 positives, 228 hospital, 17 ICU
4/5 3591 positives, 221 hospital, 11 ICU
5/5 3894 positives, 218 hospital, 11 ICU
6/5 2874 positives, 221 hospital, 10 ICU
7/5 3304 positives, 214 hospital, 13 ICU
8/5 2788 positives, 214 hospital, 9 ICU
9/5 2984 positives, 228 hospital, 10 ICU
10/5

Tasmania (5970 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 58 – April 2022, ICU: 5 – March 2022]

30/4 1054 reported, 15/41 hospital, 3 ICU
1/5 816 reported, 19/43 hospital, 3 ICU
2/5 900 reported, 21/46 hospital, 2 ICU
3/5 1096 reported, 22/49 hospital, 2 ICU
4/5 1078 reported, 24/50 hospital, 2 ICU
5/5 1086 reported, 16/46 hospital, 3 ICU
6/5 1107 reported, 19/46 hospital, 2 ICU
7/5 903 reported, 16/48 hospital, 1 ICU
8/5 733 reported, 13/43 hospital, 1 ICU
9/5 841 reported, 17/44 hospital, 1 ICU
10/5

ACT (5880 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 76 – May 2022, ICU: 12 – October 2021]

30/4 939 reported, 68 hospital, 3 ICU
1/5 823 reported, 69 hospital, 3 ICU
2/5 798 reported, 66 hospital, 3 ICU
3/5 1027 reported, 64 hospital, 4 ICU
4/5 1080 reported, 67 hospital, 4 ICU
5/5 1085 reported, 70 hospital, 4 ICU
6/5 1053 reported, 66 hospital, 5 ICU
7/5 975 reported, 69 hospital, 4 ICU
8/5 788 reported, 76 hospital, 6 ICU
9/5 812 reported, 72 hospital, 3 ICU
10/5

NT (2197 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 178 – February 2022, ICU: 7 – February 2022]

30/4 395 positives, 45 hospital, 2 ICU
1/5 279 positives, 50 hospital, 1 ICU
2/5 248 positives, 44 hospital, 1 ICU
3/5 334 positives, 37 hospital, 1 ICU
4/5 399 positives, 37 hospital, 1 ICU
5/5 451 positives, 38 hospital, 1 ICU
6/5 381 positives, 46 hospital, 0 ICU
7/5 298 positives, 36 hospital, 0 ICU
8/5 223 positives, 38 hospital, 0 ICU
9/5 202 positives, 38 hospital, 0 ICU
10/5

WA (58,640 active 9/5)
[peak hospital: 282 – May 2022, ICU: 18 – April 2020]

30/4 6829 positives, 234 hospital, 8 ICU
1/5 5551 positives, 221 hospital, 7 ICU
2/5 5847 positives, 240 hospital, 6 ICU
3/5 7929 positives, 249 hospital, 8 ICU
4/5 9782 positives, 242 hospital, 10 ICU
5/5 10182 positives, 271 hospital, 9 ICU
6/5 9328 positives, 282 hospital, 9 ICU
7/5 9243 positives, 275 hospital, 11 ICU
8/5 8747 positives, 281 hospital, 8 ICU
9/5 10394 positives, 279 hospital, 6 ICU
10/5

 

[andye]

ABC Radio Sydney yesterday evening had a news headline that covid deaths in NSW had doubled. It had gone up from 11 to 23. And sure enough today its back down to 12

They followed it by a grab from one of the doom and gloom epidemiologists who was insisting we were likely to need more restrictions.

I seem to remember her a few weeks ago lambasting the NSW government for not bringing back masks while only offering minor disagreement about how the Chinese were managing things in Shanghai (saying unlikely to get to covid-0 with omicron but she didnt voice dispproval of the restrictions)

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

ABC Radio Sydney yesterday evening had a news headline that covid deaths in NSW had doubled. It had gone up from 11 to 23. And sure enough today its back down to 12

They followed it by a grab from one of the doom and gloom epidemiologists who was insisting we were likely to need more restrictions.

I seem to remember her a few weeks ago lambasting the NSW government for not bringing back masks while only offering minor disagreement about how the Chinese were managing things in Shanghai (saying unlikely to get to covid-0 with omicron but she didnt voice dispproval of the restrictions)

Deaths recorded as Covid-related in NSW have been 20 or above five times in the past 14 days. Doesn’t seem to be anything exceptional with numbers jumping up and down. Apparently Australia currently has the world’s highest infection rate.

 

[andye]

Deaths recorded as Covid-related in NSW have been 20 or above five times in the past 14 days. Doesn’t seem to be anything exceptional with numbers jumping up and down. Apparently Australia currently has the world’s highest infection rate.

Despite that 20th country in the world on death rate for last 7 days (NZ is 3rd for both cases and deaths).
(From worldometer ignoring non-sovereign territories)

 

[N860CR]

. Apparently Australia currently has the world’s highest infection rate.

The fact that we’re counting home administered, unverified self-tests as part of “official numbers” no doubt doesn’t help. And I can’t imagine too many places are still offering government funded, drive through PCR testing. Joys of being a spoilt rich nation (except we’re all paying for it).

Deaths and hospitalisation isn’t even a valid figure anymore. Every single person entering hospital is “tested” so should one chop off their finger with a circular saw, they’ll likely become a “covid case in hospital”. Ditto with nanna whos had her final fall in the nursing home; “covid death”. To be honest, I’m surprised “deaths and hospitalisation” are so low given the way we test and report. But it keeps those handful of covid-crazies excited.

I thought NSW was dropping the “daily numbers” reporting?