The COVID-19 Register is a linked data asset that enables evidence-based research, and public health and health system planning for current and future pandemics. This linkage project also facilitates selected information to be fed back and incorporated into the local notifiable disease systems of states and territories to improve data completeness and utility.

The first version of the COVID-19 Register was made available to approved researchers in December 2022. The linked data has since been updated with expanded coverage over time, through Version 2, Version 2.5 and now Version 2.6.

The purpose of this report is to briefly describe the linkage method and process, and compare high level linkage results for previous and current versions of the COVID-19 Register. This report will be a resource for future researchers wanting to use the data.

  • Cat. no: PHE 328
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