Aussie COVID cases and hospitalisations rising

Thursday 17 March 2022

NSW recorded 20,050 new COVID cases over the past 24 hours, alongside six deaths:

Victoria recorded 9,036 new COVID cases and nine deaths:

Daily cases are plotted below since the beginning of the Delta wave last winter. NSW’s have risen sharply, whereas Victoria’s are also trending up::

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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.