Covid Continues- Latest Weekly Stats

WA Health is reporting a total of 9,065 new cases in the past week to 4pm yesterday (17/11/2022). As of 4pm yesterday, there were 5,669 active cases in Western Australia.

As at 4pm yesterday, there were a total of 179 people with COVID-19 in hospital, with 3 in ICU.

Sadly, this week’s report to 4pm yesterday includes 15 deaths, dating back to 8/8/2022, which were reported to WA Health in the last week, aged from 76 to 100 years.

Total PCR tests for the timeframe were 9,586.

Total positive PCR tests for the timeframe were 2,106. Total positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) in this period were 6,959.

WA has recorded 1,198,725 cases since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Surveillance summary to 13 November 2022

There was a 2% increase in PCR tests conducted in the current reporting week compared to the
previous reporting week, with a 7-day average proportion of positive PCR tests of 19.5%.
Overall, case numbers increased by 14% compared to the previous week. Cases diagnosed by PCR increased by 2% and RAT increased by 17%.

Moving seven-day average case rates per 100,000 population increased across all public health regions except the Goldfields region. The seven-day average case rate for the Perth metropolitan area (47 cases/100,000 population) is tracking approximately 42% higher than Western Australia Country Health Service (WACHS) regions combined (33 cases/100,000 population).

The highest seven-day average case rates were observed in the 70+ years age group (60 cases/100,000 population), with the lowest rates being observed in the 0 – 9 years age group (19 cases/100,000 population).

Nationally, the moving seven-day average case rates increased across all jurisdictions, with Tasmania having the highest rate (48 cases/100,000 population) and Queensland the lowest rate (15 cases/100,000 population).

The 7-day average of hospitalised cases increased by 19% from 144 in the last reporting week to 171 this week. Intensive care unit cases decreased from 5 in the last reporting week to 4 this week. New hospital admissions related to COVID-19 increased by 7% from 61 in the last reporting week to 65 this week, and direct intensive care unit admissions remained unchanged with one this week.

Deaths decreased by 44% this reporting week with 9 deaths compared to 16 last week.
There were 175 cases in the Aboriginal population during the current reporting week, a 27% increase compared to last week. Case rates in the Aboriginal population are lower compared to the non-Aboriginal population, with the 7-day average rate ratio sitting at 0.52 this reporting week. No deaths were reported in the Aboriginal population this week.

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