COVID-19 wave still has potential for ‘significant burden’ on health system

As COVID-19 cases again spike around Australia, experts are hoping it will be a shorter, sharper wave that is in decline before Christmas.
Australia officially recorded 75,590 cases of COVID-19 last week, although with a decline in testing rates, the true figure could be much higher.
There are five new variants circulating around the country, in what is being called a “variant soup”.
Deakin University epidemiologist Associate Professor Hassan Vally says he is hoping case numbers from the latest wave will be in decline before Christmas.