Australia COVID-19 update 21 May 2021.

Australia wide — 0 new community cases, 2 new OS acquired cases.

QUEENSLAND
• 2 new from 8,230 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 12 active cases, 12 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 1 historical from 3,576 tests, a returned OS travellers reported from a medi-hotel.
• 5 active cases, 2 in hospital.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 0 new from 14,691 tests.
• 51 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU being ventilated.

VICTORIA
• 0 new from 18,042 tests.
• 18 active cases, 0 in hospital.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 2,877 tests.
• 5 active cases, 1 in hospital, 1 in ICU.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 5 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from 637 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 466 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW ZEALAND
• 3 new from 4,747 tests, all OS travellers in managed isolation.
• 23 active cases, 0 in hospital.

Australia COVID-19 update 22 May 2021.

Australia wide — 0 new community cases, 4 new OS acquired cases.

QUEENSLAND
• 2 new from 6,261 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 13 active cases, 13 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 1 new from 12,669 tests, a returned OS traveller in hotel quarantine.
• 50 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU being ventilated.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 1 new from 1,413 tests, a US Marine now at the Howard Springs facility.
• 6 active cases, 0 in hospital.

VICTORIA
• 0 new from 15,208 tests.
• 15 active cases, 0 in hospital.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 4 active cases, 1 in hospital, 1 in ICU.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 3,501 tests.
• 4 active cases, 1 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 431 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

Australia COVID-19 update 23 May 2021.

Australia wide — 0 new community cases, 4 new OS acquired cases.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 2 new from 10,020 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 46 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU being ventilated.

VICTORIA
• 1 new from 14,465 tests, a returned OS traveller in hotel quarantine.
• 12 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 1 new from 872 tests, a US Marine now at the Howard Springs facility.
• 6 active cases, 0 in hospital.

QUEENSLAND
• 0 new from 4,190 tests.
• 12 active cases, 12 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 3 active cases, 0 in hospital.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 3,336 tests.
• 2 active cases, 1 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 334 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW ZEALAND
• 6 new from 3,978 tests Friday and 2,816 tests Saturday, all OS travellers in managed isolation.
• 27 active cases, 0 in hospital.

Australia COVID-19 update 24 May 2021.

Australia wide — 4 new community cases in Melbourne late today, 8 new OS acquired cases, 1 historical in SA.

QUEENSLAND
• 3 new from 3,981 tests, 1 returned OS traveller, 2 detected on board a marine vessel.
• 15 active cases, 13 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 2 new from 9,659 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 43 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU being ventilated.

VICTORIA
• 2 new from 11,257 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 10 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• BREAKING ...  4 new community cases in Melbourne's northern suburbs. They include two men, a woman and a preschool-aged child who are relatives from Whittlesea and live across two households. Health officials don't know the source of the initial infections yet and genomic sequencing is still underway. More.
• Other states issue travel guidelines.
• List of exposure sites.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 1 new from N/A tests, a returned OS traveller in hotel quarantine.
• 4 active cases, 0 in hospital.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 1 historical from 2,202 tests, both returned OS travellers reported from a medi-hotel.
• 1 active case, 0 in hospital.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 0 new from 627 tests.
• 6 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from 477 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 239 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW ZEALAND
• 4 new from 1,976 tests, all OS travellers in managed isolation.
• 24 active cases, 0 in hospital.

WORLD
• India reaches a grim new milestone after recording 300,000 COVID-19 deaths. The country has now recorded 26 million confirmed cases.

Australia COVID-19 update 25 May 2021.

Australia wide — 5 new community cases in Melbourne today, 6 new OS acquired cases.

VICTORIA
• 5 new from 14,892 tests, all locally acquired as reported though today.
• 13 active cases, 0 in hospital (as of last night).
• A new case identified this morning is being treated as a potential source case for the cluster in Melbourne's north. In addition to this Whittlesea man in his 60s, there are four new infections within the same family across two households. Together with the four cases reported yesterday, the cluster now totals 9.
• New Greater Melbourne restrictions to be implemented from 6:00pm tonight until at least June 4 including mandating face masks indoors, limiting home gatherings to 5 per day and public gatherings to 30.
• Testing capability to be expanded with operating hours extended at more pop-up testing sites today. The Victorian Department of Health have identified 168 primary close contacts as of Tuesday afternoon, with 84 testing negative.
• About two dozen venues visited by Covid-infected patients have now added to the state's public exposure site list. List of exposure sites with new additions.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 2 new from 7,262 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 44 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU being ventilated.

QUEENSLAND
• 2 new from 5,303 tests, both returned OS travellers.
• 16 active cases, 14 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 2 new from 2,743 tests, both returned OS travellers reported from a medi-hotel.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 3,276 tests.
• 3 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• From 6pm tonight, all arrivals from Victoria will have to be tested within 48 hours and self-quarantine until they return a negative result for COVID-19.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 0 new from 1,474 tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from 368 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 142 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

AFL
• The AFL pauses ticket sales in Melbourne for the next two rounds amid an increase in COVID cases, as the ladder-leading Western Bulldogs get tested and isolate after a staff member is confirmed to have been at an exposure site.

NEW ZEALAND
• 2 new from 2,950 tests, both OS travellers in managed isolation.
• 22 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• New Zealand pauses quarantine-free travel bubble with Victoria ... from 6pm AEDT tonight, Victorian travellers will have to quarantine when arriving in New Zealand. The initial three-day pause will be under constant review.

Australia COVID-19 update 27 May 2021.

Australia wide — 12 new locally acquired cases in Melbourne, 3 new OS acquired cases.

VICTORIA
• 12 new from 40,411 tests, all locally acquired.
• 34 active cases, 1 hospitalised in ICU being ventilated.
• Melbourne cluster now totals 26. There are over 10,000 primary or secondary contacts.
• There are now about 80 exposure sites — some dating back more than a week — spread across multiple Melbourne suburbs and at least two regional locations, including cafes and businesses in Bendigo, Mordialloc, Carnegie, Burwood East, and Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula and the MCG and Docklands stadium. Expanded list of exposure sites.
• LOCKDOWN ... From midnight tonight all of Victoria will enter a seven day lockdown. There are only 5 reasons residents can leave home:
— shopping for necessary goods and services, within 5 kilometres or nearest facilities
— authorised work or permitted education,
— exercise, a 2-hour limit with one other person, within 5 kilometres
— care giving, compassionate, and medical reasons
— to get vaccinated.

QUEENSLAND
• 2 new from 9,221 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine. 
• 13 active cases, 11 in hospital, 0 in ICU.
• From 1:00am on Friday, anyone who has been in Victoria in the last 14 days will have to go into hotel quarantine upon entering Queensland. Anyone who has been in Victoria and is already in Queensland will need to observe the same lockdown rules as Victoria.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 1 new from 1,105 tests, a returned OS traveller from Istanbul at the Howard Springs facility.
• 3 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• NT declares Greater Melbourne and Bendigo hotspots, directs arrivals into mandatory quarantine.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 0 new from 15,379 tests.
• 38 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU.
• Anyone travelling to NSW who has been in Victoria after 4:00pm on Thursday must follow Victoria's lockdown measures.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• WA imposes hard border restrictions for Victoria.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 7,042 tests.
• 3 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• SA imposes hard border restrictions for Victoria.
• Victorian passengers travelling on the Ghan have been off-loaded in outback South Australia because of COVID-19 concerns.

ACT
• 0 new from 973 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• ACT imposes border restrictions for Victoria.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from 897 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• Border shut to Victoria except for essential travel from 2:00pm today.

NEW ZEALAND
• 1 new from 4,990 tests, an OS traveller in managed isolation.
• 21 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• New Zealand has extended its pause of quarantine-free travel with Victoria for seven more days.

WORLD
• Brazil recorded 80,486 new cases of coronavirus and 2,398 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the country's Health Ministry said on Wednesday. 

Feel sorry for Victoria being hit so badly again. Have a bad feeling this time....fear Sydney and NSW will be next unless Gladys shuts the borders. I can't understand why she is so obstinate about doing what is necessary to protect the people in her state.

I hope you find a buyer Leonie. I think you are wise to stay away from NSW. Heard on the news tonight that people are flying into Sydney from Victoria and are being asked to "please" stay home for 2 weeks. Wonder how many will follow that request. - especially if they are holidaying in Sydney?

Australia COVID-19 update 28 May 2021.

Australia wide — 4 new locally acquired cases in Melbourne, 7 new OS acquired cases.

VICTORIA
• 6 new from 47,462 tests, 4 locally acquired, 2 returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 39 active cases, 1 in hospital, 1 in ICU being ventilated.
• The four new cases are all related to the current outbreak.
• Melbourne cluster total is now 30, with 15,000 primary and secondary close contacts.
• There are now over 150 exposure sites. Expanded list of exposure sites.
• Fresh reports have revealed a slim 18-second window was all it took for the virus to break through Adelaide's hotel quarantine and ultimately make its way to the Melbourne CBD and plunge the state into a 7 day lockdown.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 3 new from 17,593 tests, all returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 34 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU.
• Coronavirus alert issued for 40,500 Sydney residents after Covid-19 found in sewage at in the Homebush network which encompasses people living in Homebush West, Strathfield, Concord West, Sydney Olympic Park, Wentworth Point, Newington, Lidcombe, Homebush, Silverwater, Petersham, Liberty Grove, Rhodes, North Strathfield and Concord.

QUEENSLAND
• 2 new from 9,409 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine. 
• 14 active cases, 12 in hospital, 0 in ICU.
• Victorian travellers must go into quarantine or be refused entry to Queensland.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 0 new from 1,111 tests.
• 3 active cases, 1 in hospital currently in ICU.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 8,297 tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• SA imposes a hard border with regional Victoria.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 7,117 tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from 1,095 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 741 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW ZEALAND
• 0 new from 4,990 tests.
• 21 active cases, 0 in hospital.

Australia COVID-19 update 29 May 2021.

Australia wide — 5 new locally acquired cases in Melbourne, 5 new OS acquired cases.

VICTORIA
• 7 new from 56,624 tests (a testing record), 5 locally acquired, 2 returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 45 active cases, 1 in hospital, 1 in ICU being ventilated.
• All five new cases are linked to previous cases. The Melbourne cluster now totals 35.
• A delivery driver for a large food distribution company tested positive on Thursday, and has infected at least four close contacts, despite being asymptomatic.
• There are now over 150 exposure sites including several grocery suppliers visited by the driver.
• List of exposure sites.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 1 new from 17,012 tests, a returned OS traveller in hotel quarantine.
• 28 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU.

QUEENSLAND
• 1 new from 2,765 tests, a returned OS traveller in hotel quarantine. 
• 13 active cases, 11 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 1 new from N/A tests, a returned OS traveller from New Delhi at the Howard Springs facility.
• 4 active cases, 1 in hospital currently in ICU.
• NT authorities rush to test over 10,000 people to check if COVID-19 has come into the community from Melbourne hotspots.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 7,114 tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• Two girls who hitchhiked into SA and sparked a COVID–19 scare have been sent home to Victoria at their parents' expense.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 3,030 tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 921 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

WORLD
• Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas by about three weeks to June 20 as the pandemic shows no signs of easing less than two months before the Summer Olympics open.
• Malaysian PM announced a total lockdown from Tuesday, due to a surge in coronavirus cases with more than 8,000 new cases overnight.
• The United Kingdom has just authorised the single-dose coronavirus vaccine by Johnson and Johnson.

Australia COVID-19 update 30 May 2021.

Australia wide — 5 new locally acquired cases in Melbourne, 9 new OS acquired cases.

VICTORIA
• 6 new from 45,301 tests, 5 locally acquired, 1 returned OS traveller in hotel quarantine.
• 49 active cases, 1 in hospital, 1 in ICU being ventilated.
• The Melbourne cluster now totals 40. 70% of primary close contacts have now had negative test results.
• The primary contacts of the driver who tested positive yesterday at a wholesale food distribution company have all been tested for COVID-19. 8/9 of the nine have returned negative results, 1 outstanding.
• A female aged care worker at Arcare Maidstone in Melbourne's west has tested positive, sending the home into lockdown. The facility says the worker had their first vaccine dose, as had a "significant number" of the residents. No other cases have been linked to the facility. Investigations into the source of her infection continue and worryingly it is currently a 'mystery case'.
• There are now over 170 exposure sites. Overnight, the busy Chadstone Shopping Centre and St Kilda restaurants were added to the list.
• List of exposure sites.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 5 new from 15,989 tests, all returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 27 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU.

QUEENSLAND
• 2 new from 1,486* tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine. 
• 14 active cases, 12 in hospital, 0 in ICU.
* Full testing data delayed until Monday.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 1 new from 5,892 tests, 1 historical, both returned OS travellers reported from a medi-hotel.
• 3 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 0 new from 3,043 tests.
• 4 active cases, 1 in hospital currently in ICU.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 1,598 tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 271 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW ZEALAND
• 2 new from 5,484 tests, both OS travellers in managed isolation.
• 16 active cases, 0 in hospital.

Australia COVID-19 update 31 May 2021.

Australia wide — 5 recorded (+6 announced) new locally acquired cases in Melbourne, 3 new OS acquired cases.

VICTORIA
• 5 new from 43,874 tests, all locally acquired, 3 linked to aged care.
• An additional 6 new cases confirmed, on top of the five previously announced this morning, cluster total now 51.
• 54 active cases, 1 in hospital, 1 in ICU being ventilated.
• Two of the five original new cases were close contacts of other cases, links between the other three new cases are from one person linked to a known exposure site.
• The positive female aged care worker at Arcare Maidstone is still a 'mystery case'. A second Arcare aged care worker has tested positive. Two workers from other aged care homes had worked at Arcare, prompting a lockdown at the Royal Freemasons aged care homes in Coppin and Footscray.  
• Arcare Maidstone confirms one resident has tested positive. The resident is in hospital for monitoring, but has mild symptoms.
• More than 4200 Victorians have been identified as primary close contacts and are in isolation.
• List of exposure sites. There are now 329 sites listed. 

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 2 new from 13,857 tests, both returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 31 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 1 new from 790 tests, a returned OS traveller in hotel quarantine.
• 3 active cases, 0 in hospital.

QUEENSLAND
• 0 new from 1,794 tests. 
• 14 active cases, 12 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 0 new from N/A tests.
• 4 active cases, 1 in hospital currently in ICU.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 5,064 tests.
• 3 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from 3,536 tests (in the last 72 hours).
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 367 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW ZEALAND
• 1 new from 2,925 tests, an OS traveller in managed isolation.
• 17 active cases, 0 in hospital.

Australia COVID-19 update 1 June 2021.

Australia wide — 9 new locally acquired cases in Melbourne, 2 new OS acquired cases, 1 historical OS case.

VICTORIA
• 11 new from 42,699 tests, 9 locally acquired, 2 returned OS travellers in hotel quarantine.
• 63 active cases, 1 in hospital, 1 in ICU being ventilated.
• Melbourne's local cluster now totals 54.
• The 9 locally acquired cases include 6 announced yesterday plus 3 new of which 2 are primary close contacts already in isolation with 1 under investigation.
• No further positive cases in aged care. Priority vaccine access for aged care and disability workers in a blitz from Wednesday to Sunday.
• List of exposure sites. There are now 342 sites listed. 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• 1 historical from 4,101 tests, a maritime crew member from the Allegra vessel, now in hotel quarantine.
• 4 active cases, 0 in hospital.
• BREAKING: A man in his 50s has caught COVID-19 during hotel quarantine in Perth from another case in a nearby room.

NEW SOUTH WALES
• 0 new from 9,801 tests.
• 31 cases being treated by NSW Health, 1 in ICU.

QUEENSLAND
• 0 new from 2,978 tests. 
• 13 active cases, 11 in hospital, 0 in ICU.

NORTHERN TERRITORY
• 0 new from 2,004 tests.
• 4 active cases, 1 in hospital currently in ICU.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• 0 new from 5,334 tests.
• 2 active cases, 0 in hospital.

TASMANIA
• 0 new from 711 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

ACT
• 0 new from 355 tests.
• 0 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW ZEALAND
• 0 new from 3,055 tests.
• 13 active cases, 0 in hospital.

NEW VIRUS IDENTIFICATION NAMES

The World Health Organization has now named COVID19 variants using letter names from the Greek alphabet.

Variants of Concern

Variants of Interest

https://www.who.int/en/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants/