Covid stats as of 1 December

WA Health is reporting a total of 11,762 new cases in the past week to 4pm yesterday 1 December 2022. As of 4pm yesterday, there were 7,229 active cases in Western Australia.
As at 4pm yesterday, there were a total of 185 people with COVID-19 in hospital, with 4 in ICU.

Sadly, this week’s report to 4pm yesterday includes 14 deaths, dating back to 19 November 2022, which were reported to WA Health in the last week, aged from 75 to 96 years.

Total PCR tests for the timeframe were 9,807.

Total positive PCR tests for the timeframe were 2,735. Total positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) in this period were 9,005.

WA has recorded 1,220,918 cases since the Covid pandemic began.

Anyone experiencing symptoms is strongly encouraged to stay home if they’re unwell, and until symptoms have resolved.

And here’s the surveillance summary for the week ending 27 November.

Surveillance summary

This week, case numbers increased by 17% compared to the previous week. Cases diagnosed by PCR increased by 18% and by RAT increased by 17%. Reinfections comprised 18% of total cases this week, compared with 16% last week.

There was a 4% decrease in PCR tests conducted compared to the previous week, with a 7-day average proportion of positive PCR tests of 21.9%.

The moving seven-day average case rates per 100,000 population increased in the Metropolitan, Wheatbelt, Pilbara and Kimberley regions. The seven-day average case rate for the Perth metropolitan area (65 cases/100,000 population) was approximately 78% higher than the Western Australia Country Health Service (WACHS) regions combined (36 cases/100,000 population).

The highest seven-day average age-specific rates were in the 50 – 69 years age group (73 cases/100,000 population), with the lowest rates in the 0 – 9 years age group (26 cases/100,000 population).

Nationally, the moving seven-day average case rates increased across all jurisdictions except Queensland, with South Australia having the highest rate (70 cases/100,000 population) and Northern Territory the lowest rate (19 cases/100,000 population).

The 7-day average of hospitalised cases increased by 7% from 178 last week to 190 this week. Intensive care unit cases increased from 3 in the last reporting week to 9 this week. New hospital admissions related to COVID-19 decreased by 8% from 75 last week to 69 this week, and direct intensive care unit admissions increased from 1 last week to 5 this week.

Deaths increased by 21% this reporting week with 17 deaths compared to 14 last week.

This week, 256 cases were reported in the Aboriginal population, a 24% 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 0.57 this reporting week. No deaths were reported in the Aboriginal population this week.

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