The nation's temper could have shifted about COVID-19, however it's nonetheless killing dozens of individuals in Australia every day.
This comes regardless of the prevalence of the "milder" Omicron pressure and almost everyone being a minimum of double vaccinated.
Persons are nonetheless getting very sick, and persons are nonetheless dying, Director of Infectious Ailments at Brisbane's Mater Hospital Paul Griffin informed 9News.com.au.
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"Whereas there's been rather a lot much less discuss extreme COVID for the time being, I do know at my observe we're seeing individuals with extreme illness," he mentioned.
"We're seeing lots of people progress to the extreme manifestation at COVID, and that features not surviving."
Up to now 24 hours in New South Wales, 10,964 new circumstances had been recognized and 22 individuals died. There are 1283 individuals in hospital with the virus.
In Victoria, 13,201 new circumstances had been recognized and 14 individuals died with the virus. There are 512 Victorians in hospital with COVID-19.
Griffin mentioned the messaging that Omicron is gentle shouldn't be appropriate.
"It is in all probability on a par with the unique pressure," he mentioned.
"That may be a very critical an infection."
He urged Australians who haven't had their booster shot to return ahead for his or her third jab.
And people susceptible Australians eligible for a fourth booster ought to get it forward of winter.
State well being departments listing anyone who has died whereas testing optimistic as an official COVID-19 dying.
However Griffin mentioned few of these deaths are individuals who died of one thing else.
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"For these deaths recorded as COVID deaths, the vast majority of them would have been unlikely to have occurred if that individual had not been contaminated," he mentioned.