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Posted: 2022-04-17 23:19:15

Here's a quick wrap of each Australian jurisdiction's latest COVID-19 statistics for Monday, April 18.

You can get a more detailed, visual breakdown through the ABC's Charting the Spread story here.

You can jump to the COVID-19 information you want to read by clicking below.

Queensland

Queensland has recorded four new COVID-related deaths and 5,141 new cases in the latest reporting period.

There are 551 people in the state being treated for the virus in hospital, and 19 of them are in ICU.

Queensland's number of known active cases has dropped by more than 1,000 since a day earlier, down to 46,287 from 47,542.

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New South Wales

Another 11,166 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed to NSW Health over the Easter Sunday reporting period, with almost 7,000 of those via rapid antigen tests.

Four people with the virus have died and there are 1,576 people in hospital, including 67 being treated in intensive care.

The state's hospitalisation rates have risen slightly from the previous reporting period, up from 1,527 cases being treated and 64 people in intensive care on Saturday.

In the reporting period prior to that, there were less than 1,500 cases in hospital with the virus.

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Australian Capital Territory

Two people are being treated for COVID-19 in intensive care in Canberra, with 58 people hospitalised with the virus in total.

Authorities reported 734 new cases in its Monday update, but no data was confirmed for Good Friday or Easter Sunday.

Of the new cases, there was a near-even split between detections via rapid antigen tests and positive results via PCR testing.

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Victoria

One person with COVID-19 died in Victoria and 431 people are being treated in hospital, the health department says.

The state has recorded 7,918 new cases, down from yesterday's increase of 8,153.

Its number of known active cases has also dropped, from 57,567 yesterday to 55,168 today.

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Tasmania

There have been 1,372 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Tasmania in the latest reporting period, up from yesterday's 1,212.

There are now 9,372 known active cases in the state, down from 9,788 yesterday.

One person is in ICU and 21 patients are being treated for the virus in hospital.

Northern Territory

NT authorities say a man aged in his 70s has died with COVID at Royal Darwin Hospital.

Two people are being treated for the virus in intensive care, 30 are hospitalised in total.

There were 386 new cases recorded. There are just over 3,000 known active cases across the territory. 

South Australia

South Australia has recorded another 3,560 cases of COVID-19.

There are 245 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including 11 in intensive care.

The new cases represent a 33 per cent increase on the previous 24 hours.

The number of South Australians seeking PCR tests increased 21per cent over the same period.

Western Australia

Western Australia has recorded 5,605 new cases of COVID-19, and no further deaths.

There are 227 people with COVID-19 in hospital and six of them are in intensive care.

There are currently 41,016 known active cases in WA.

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