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Australia’s Covid hotspots: see case numbers in your neighbourhood
Data reveals country’s leading hotspots, which are seeing some of the highest case numbers in the world on a per capita basis
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The Omicron variant is hitting Australia much harder than previous Covid outbreaks and data from state health departments shows it is also more geographically spread.
Several Australian states are now seeing some of the highest case numbers in the world on a per capita basis, with some of the hardest hit local government areas (LGAs) outside of major metropolitan areas. This is true in regional New South Wales and Victoria, and is trending that way in Queensland.
Read the original article at The Guardian