Canberra's public hospitals experienced the highest increase in the number of hospitalisations of the states and territories over last financial year, a new report has found.
The figures show the incredible pressure the system was under before the Omicron wave hit, which has seen hospitalisations surge. The territory reported a record-high number of COVID patients in hospitals on Tuesday, with 93 people being treated with the virus.
Separations from public hospitals in the ACT increased by 9.1 per cent year-on-year in 2020-21 from 118,737 to 129,547, a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown.
