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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Nicholas and Cait Kelly

Covid hospitalisations in Australia hit new record, surpassing January peak

An ambulance is parked in front of the Emergency & Trauma service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
Nurses and doctors in hospitals say the system is struggling, with patients in emergency wards for days because they cannot get a bed on a ward. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

The number of Australians in hospital with Covid-19 has reached the highest point of the entire pandemic, according to data from CovidLive.

On Monday, there were 5,429 Covid patients in hospital, surpassing the previous record of 5,390 set in late January.

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