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More than a quarter of people with COVID infection develop Long COVID, new research reveals.

"A new study carried out by researchers at the University of York suggests 28% of people who catch COVID-19 will go on to suffer from Long COVID."

“There is a societal tendency in the UK to think Covid is over, but Long Covid is having a profound and lasting effect on individuals and society as a whole, with many people leaving the workplace due to the condition. This is placing a heavy burden on the economy.”

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Source: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2024/research/long-covid-fog/

Tasmania weekly COVID update: 22 December to 28 December

🔹New cases: 970 (-28)
🔹Deaths: 0 (-3)
🔹Total deaths: 341 (+0)
🔹Hospital: 57 (+3)
🔹ICU: 0 (-1)

🔸Cases numbers ⬇️Down 3% compared to the previous week.

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Source: https://health.tas.gov.au/health-topics/coronavirus-covid-19/current-risk-level-and-statistics/weekly-statistics

SA weekly COVID update: 20 Dec to 26 Dec

🔹PCR cases only: 1,475 (-182)
🔹Deaths: NR
🔹Total deaths: 1,663 (+0)
🔹Hospital: n/a
🔹ICU: n/a

There were no new COVID-19 deaths notified to the Department for Health and Wellbeing. Please note, Births, Deaths and Marriages data is currently received on a monthly basis.

🔸Cases numbers ⬇️Down 11% compared to the previous week.

NR = Not reported

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COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 16 November 2023

🔹Active cases: 2,425 (+33)
🔹Active outbreaks: 324 (+7)
🔹Residents: 1,707 (+36)
🔹Staff: 718 (-3)
🔹Reported deaths in 2023: 1,233 (+48)

🔸6,000 aged care COVID deaths since beginning of pandemic

🔸686 reported deaths in 2020
🔸226 reported deaths in 2021
🔸3,855 reported deaths in 2022
🔸1,233 reported deaths in 2023

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As at 1 November 2023, Northern Territory COVID-19 data is no longer published on NT Health’s website.

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Source: https://health.nt.gov.au/covid-19/data

WA COVID weekly update: 30 October to 5 November

🔹PCR cases only: 466 (+43)
🔹Aboriginal population: 18 cases (-3)
🔹Deaths: 2 (+2)
🔹Total deaths: 1,265 (+2)
🔹Hospital: 134 (+16)
🔹ICU: 3 (+3)

🔸 Cases up 10% from previous week

🔸 Hospitalisation up 14% from previous week

Note: From 6th November 2023, COVID-19 case rates by Australian jurisdiction will cease to be reported due to the unavailability of this data

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Source: https://health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I/Infectious-disease-data/COVID19-Weekly-Surveillance-Report

🇦🇺 Australia: "Life expectancy in Australia has gone backwards for the first time in over 40 years, caused by over 10,000 COVID-19 deaths last year."

#COVID19 #Australia #LifeExpectancy #COVIDisNotOver @auscovid19

Source: https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/life-expectancy-goes-backwards-for-first-time-in-40-years-20231108-p5eii8

Family remembers Fort Worth police officer who died of COVID-19 complications.

All moments she and her kids are now holding onto after COVID-19 shattered their lives.

“I started to get better after a week, he did not. He started getting worse," said Vickie.

They contracted the virus in mid-August, and she said her husband was in and out of the hospital from then on.

Vickie said her husband got the virus while on the job.

“I was always scared of him getting COVID because he already had lung problems, he has—he’s an asthmatic," she said.

She said after being on an ECMO, Jenson's liver and kidney started failing. An ECMO machine pumps blood outside the body, allowing the patient's heart and lungs to rest.

"He went from...breathing oxygen, to a mask, to the highest form of ventilator, like within 24 hours or so," Vickie said.

They said their goodbyes to the 57-year-old on Saturday.

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Source: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/family-remembers-fort-worth-police-officer-who-died-of-covid-19-complications/3374716/

🇦🇺 Australia: Federal COVID-19 reporting is moving to a monthly reporting schedule, with today being the final weekly report. The next report is expected 10th November 2023.

#COVID19 #Australia #monthlyreporting @auscovid19

Source: https://health.gov.au/topics/covid-19/weekly-reporting?language=und

(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Fortnight ending 21 October 2023.

🔸COVID-19 transmission continues to increase in NSW.

🔸COVID-19 PCR test positivity at sentinel laboratories was 9.5% in the past week.

🔹COVID: 3,250
🔹Influenza: 2,335
🔹RSV: 745

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