Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction for the past week, as reported on Friday, March 31, 2023.
The states and territories are now reporting their COVID-19 statistics weekly instead of through the daily updates that were provided from the early days of the pandemic.
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- South Australia
- Queensland
- Northern Territory
- Western Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Tasmania
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New South Wales
The state has recorded 9,684 more COVID-19 cases.
There are 891 cases in hospital, 16 of those in intensive care.
There were 25 new deaths announced today.
Victoria
The latest Health Department figures reveal 5,225 new infections for the week.
There are 180 people with COVID are in hospital with 10 in intensive care.
There have been 35 COVID-related deaths in Victoria over the past seven days.
South Australia
There have been 3,179 new cases in South Australia this week.
There are 138 cases in hospital and four in intensive care.
The state has recorded 12 new deaths.
Queensland
Queensland has recorded 3,650 new cases in the past week.
There are 183 people hospitalised with COVID and two in intensive care.
The state has recorded 16 deaths this week.
Northern Territory
There have been 225 new cases this week.
The Northern Territory has 19 cases in hospital.
No new deaths have been reported.
Western Australia
WA Health has reported 3,246 new cases in the past week.
There is a total of 101 people with COVID-19 in hospital, with two in ICU.
This week's report includes seven deaths.
Australian Capital Territory
There have been 526 new cases recorded this week.
There are 21 cases in hospital and one new death reported this week.
Tasmania
Tasmania has recorded 796 new cases of COVID-19 in the past week.
There were 23 new admissions to hospitals in the last seven days.
There have been two new deaths reported.
One thing to know:
Thousands of workers in high-risk settings who miss work because they have tested positive for COVID-19 will soon no longer be eligible for federal financial support.
Thousands of health and disability workers have been excluded from a COVID-19 pandemic payment scheme, after the federal government moved to narrow the eligibility criteria.
Currently, workers who have taken unpaid leave because of COVID-19 in a range of high-risk settings including the aged care, disability care, Aboriginal healthcare and hospital care sectors are eligible for a lump sum payment of up to $750.
But from Saturday, the High Risk Settings Pandemic Payment scheme will be replaced by a new Commonwealth program, which is only available to aged care workers.
