Australia: Covid reproduction rate

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The most recent value is 0.87 rate as of January 2023, a decline compared to the previous value of 1.25 rate. Historically, the average for Australia from March 2020 to January 2023 is 1.1 rate. The minimum of 0.53 rate was recorded in April 2020, while the maximum of 2.09 rate was reached in March 2020. Click on the following link to see the values of: Covid reproduction rate around the world.
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  • Measure: rate
  • Source: Our World in Data

Recent values Australia: Covid reproduction rate
2023  Jan 0.87
2022  Dec 1.25
2022  Nov 1.51
2022  Oct 1.24
2022  Sep 0.98
2022  Aug 0.75
2022  Jul 1.07
2022  Jun 0.95


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Definition: The expected number of Covid cases directly generated by one Covid case in a population.

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 Covid new cases 62,830 3/2023 new Covid cases
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 Covid total cases 11,100,000 3/2023 total Covid cases
 Covid total cases per million people 424,077 3/2023 cases per million
 Covid new tests 1,978,643 6/2022 new Covid tests
 Covid new tests per thousand 76 6/2022 new Covid tests per thousand people
 Covid total tests 73,400,000 6/2022 total Covid tests
 Covid total tests per thousand 2,831 6/2022 total tests per thousand people
 Covid new vaccinations 1,130,789 8/2022 new Covid vaccinations
 Covid total vaccinations 63,700,000 2/2023 total Covid vaccinations
 Total vaccinations per hundred people 243.27 2/2023 Covid vaccinations per hundred people
 People vaccinated against Covid 22,200,000 2/2023 total people vaccinated
 Covid vaccinated people per hundred people 84.95 2/2023 Covid vaccinated people per hundred people
 People fully vaccinated against Covid 21,700,000 2/2023 total fully-vaccinated people
 Covid fully vaccinated people per hundred people 82.72 2/2023 Covid fully vaccinated people per hundred people
 Covid new deaths 23 3/2023 new deaths from Covid
 Covid new deaths per million 1 3/2023 new Covid deaths per million people
 Covid total deaths 19,511 3/2023 total Covid deaths
 Covid total deaths per million 745 3/2023 total Covid deaths
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