Notes

Data quality statement

For more information about the data sources see the data quality statement for COVID-19 Register.

Acknowledgements

This report was prepared by staff in the Population Health Group in the AIHW (Melanie Dunford, Claudia Slimings, Renee Foo, Bronwyn Wyatt and Mariam Bakshi) in collaboration with staff at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (Bette Liu, Kristine Macartney) and funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. The authors would also like to thank former members of the Population Monitoring and COVID-19 Data Unit who contributed to the report. Guidance and advice were provided by AIHW executives (Louise Gates, Amy Young, Claire Sparke and Michelle Gourley).

The authors acknowledge the ongoing contributions and input of the COVID-19 Advisory Group, Advisory Board members, the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia, and the contributing states and territories who have contributed COVID-19 data for this project.