Overview

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is releasing data and analysis on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and welfare issues relevant to Australians. We are also monitoring the impact of the pandemic on the Australian health system.

Featured summary

Between January 2020 and June 2023, there were over 454,000 hospitalisations involving a COVID-19 diagnosis
Two in 5 (42%) who had experienced physical violence before the pandemic reported the violence from their partner had increased during the pandemic
By March 2024, there were nearly 12 million COVID-19 cases in Australia and over 22,000 people died from or with COVID-19 by February 2024
Use of mental health services increased during the pandemic, particularly for younger people

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Latest findings

Between 2020 and 2022, more than 1 in 3 people had a COVID-19 diagnosis notified to health officials

COVID-19 death rates were lower in older people prescribed COVID-19 antivirals compared to those who were not

The COVID-19 Register has been expanded in coverage to include over 9 million linked COVID-19 cases

Linkage rates for Version 2.6 were similar to Version 2.5, with over 90% of records linked

Around 5–10% of COVID-19 cases in Australia reported symptoms persisting for more than 3 months

Key risk factors include severe COVID-19 illness, comorbidities, female sex and mid-adult age groups

COVID-19 linked data

This data linkage project combines COVID-19 case data with a range of other data sets.

Find out about the project

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care collates national data about COVID-19 (coronavirus) and other notifiable communicable diseases. For more information, visit the Department of Health and Aged Care website.