Here's a quick wrap of what's happening with COVID-19 figures across Australia today, Wednesday, March 16.
You can get a more detailed, visual breakdown through the ABC's Charting the Spread story right here.
This will be updated throughout the day as new figures are reported, so if you don't see your state or territory, check back later.
- ACT - No new deaths, 39 people in hospital
- NSW - Five deaths, 1,016 people in hospital
- NT - No new deaths, 24 people in hospital
- QLD - Three deaths, 255 people in hospital
- SA - No new deaths, 136 people in hospital
- TAS - One death, 18 people in hospital
- VIC - Eight deaths, 201 people in hospital
- WA - One death, 123 people in hospital
New South Wales
The state has recorded five more COVID-related deaths.
There are 1,016 people in hospital with the virus, 36 of those in ICU.
The state recorded 30,402 new cases.
New South Wales Health says the high number of new cases is partly due to a data processing issue.
It says about 10,000 cases registered with Service New South Wales between Sunday and Monday, are included in today's numbers.
ACT
The ACT has recorded 1,226 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday.
There are 39 people in hospital with the virus in Canberra, including four patients in intensive care.
Deputy Chief Health Officer Vanessa Johnston announced this morning that children under the age of five who were exposed to a positive case would no longer have to automatically isolate for seven days.
Dr Johnston said that ACT health authorities had taken a "more conservative approach" to exposures in childcare settings, because children under five are not yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination.
But she said there had not been "a significant number of cases" in the early childhood group.
Among Canberra children aged five to 11, 79.3 per cent have now received a vaccine dose and 70.8 per cent of Canberrans aged 16 and older have received their booster.
Victoria
Another eight people have died with COVID in Victoria.
There are 201 people in hospital, 24 in ICU and six people are ventilated.
There were another 9,426 cases recorded, with 42,250 active infections in the state.
Tasmania
The state has recorded one more COVID-related fatality, taking the death toll there to 27.
There are 18 people in hospital with the virus, six of those are being treated specifically for COVID-related symptoms.
Two people are in ICU.
There were 1,859 new infections recorded.
Queensland
Three more people have died with COVID in the state.
There are 255 people in hospital and 21 of those are in ICU.
Another 6,136 cases were reported and there are 29,626 active cases in Queensland.
South Australia
SA has recorded its highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in almost two months, two days after the Adelaide Cup long weekend.
A total of 3,122 people tested positive for the virus, taking the total number of active cases to 17,654.
Hospitalisations are up slightly to 136; 10 of those are in intensive care and two are on ventilators.
Northern Territory
Another 251 COVID cases have been reported in the NT, bringing the number of known active cases in the Territory to 1,604.
Two people are being treated in intensive care and 24 in total are in hospital with the virus.
Western Australia
Western Australia has set another record for daily COVID-19 infections, with 6,062 new cases reported.
There are now 28,772 active cases in the state, including 123 in hospital – up from 112 yesterday. A woman in her 80s has died with the virus.
Most of today's cases were identified via rapid antigen tests.
