Hospitals strain as COVID cases balloon

Leith van Onselen

Wednesday 5 January 2022

NSW has recorded another 34,994 new COVID cases and six deaths:

Victoria has recorded 21,997 new COVID cases and six deaths:

The next chart plots daily cases across both jurisdictions since the beginning of the Delta wave in winter last year:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.