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What a surprise! Here's a state-by-state breakdown of today's figures:252 new COVID-19 cases. Of Canberra's 908 active cases, just three are in hospital and none are in intensive care6,062 new cases and one death. There are 557 people in hospital with the virus, including 60 in intensive careQueensland:SA:
says recent data from NSW — where it's estimated a big portion of the cases are Omircon — showed the percentage of active cases in hospital now is lower than what we saw during the Delta wave. "But, ever since then, it's been travelling downward until this Omicron wave has begun and we are really down to about a 1 per cent of people who are infected going to hospital, give or take."
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