The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

The number of patients thought to be infected with the omicron BA.5 subvariant of the COVID-19 virus fell below 50% of all COVID-19 patients in Tokyo, indicating that BA.5 is being replaced by new omicron subvariants, according to materials released on Thursday by the Tokyo metropolitan government.

As Christmas looms Covid cases are rising and warnings about reducing contact are being issued

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines. Still, the surges of ever more immune-evasive variants raise legitimate questions about whether vaccines and boosters are still protecting us from infection, or should…

World Health Organisation has expressed their concern over the new strain

It comes amid an explosion of cases in the country

Public Health Wales has also urged poorly adults to wear a face covering in public to protect others

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in South Australia falls by a third in a week, but the hours patients are waiting in ambulances outside hospitals increases again.

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

Highest rates show in areas from Cornwall to Carlisle as health chiefs warn virus still circulating widely

New data suggests peak of twindemic may have passed as hospitals suffer worst ever A&E crisis