More than a half of flu cases recorded in Australia this year have been in New South Wales. 9News
The number of influenza cases confirmed by a laboratory has soared above the five-year average since mid-April, the Australian Influenza Surveillance Report has revealed.
A whopping 100,851 of them have been recorded in NSW - marking three times the amount recorded in any other state. There have been 7346 cases in South Australia, 4618 in Western Australia, 4569 in the Northern Territory, 2394 in the Australian Capital Territory and 2080 in Tasmania.
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