Health officials across the country are predicting a peak in COVID cases in coming weeks but there are already hundreds of people being treated in hospital for the virus.
A further 18 deathsThe BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants now make upChief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said just under 55 per cent of samples of COVID-19 infections taken last week were the Omicron variant, up from about a quarter the week before.increase of COVID-related patients in three weeks' time after a peak of new cases.
the highest number of people with the virus in hospital the state has had since the start of the pandemicThe Tasmanian stats include people simply in hospital with the virus, not necessarily that they’re being treated for the virus.
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