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2.4.2020

In Australia

As at 3:00pm on 1 April 2020, there have been 4,860 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. There have been 303 new cases since 3:00pm yesterday.

Of the 4,860 confirmed cases in Australia, 20 have died from COVID-19. More than 256,000 tests have been conducted across Australia.

Location

Confirmed cases*

Australian Capital Territory

84

New South Wales
2,182

Northern Territory
18

Queensland
781

South Australia
367

Tasmania
68

Victoria
968

Western Australia
392

Total**
4,860

* Note that under National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reporting requirements, cases are reported based on their Australian jurisdiction of residence rather than where they were detected. For example, a case reported previously in the NT in a NSW resident is counted in the national figures as a NSW case.
** Includes Diamond Princess repatriation cases: Qld (3), SA (1), Vic (4), WA (2, including 1 death)
Across the world

Across the world there have been more than 859,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 42,300 deaths.

This will be one for the record books. Be interesting to see how it all pans out as its directly affecting the human way of life and the world economy.