Australia’s COVID-19 Hospitalisations Hit All-Time High
CANBERRA, Jul 26 (NNN-AAP) – The number of Australians in hospital with coronavirus has reached the highest number, since the start of the pandemic.
According to data from the Department of Health, there were 5,433 COVID-19 cases in hospital yesterday, up from 5,001 a week earlier.
It marks a new high point for COVID-19 hospitalisations, beating the previous record of 5,390 in Jan.
It comes as Australia’s winter wave of COVID-19 infections is expected to peak in the coming weeks, increasing pressure on the hospital system.