COVID-19 updates to be reported weekly

ACT Health will change routine reporting of COVID-19 information, including case numbers, from daily to weekly after the final daily update is published on Friday 9 September.

The move from daily to weekly reporting has been agreed between Health Ministers and will be applied consistently across state and territory governments.

Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the first weekly update on case numbers will be issued on Friday 16 September in line with other Australian jurisdictions.

The weekly updates will contain similar information to that included in the current daily updates – including number of new cases (with a PCR/RAT breakdown), total cases, new deaths, total deaths, vaccination rates and hospital data (including a breakdown of ICU and ventilated patients).

ACT Health will also continue to produce the more detailed weekly epidemiological update each Friday, with data in those reports continuing to be based on the previous week (Monday to Sunday) to allow for data cleansing and analysis.

'The winter wave of COVID-19 has passed, and we have reached a stage in the pandemic where daily reporting is not as important as it was,' Minister Stephen-Smith said.

'Weekly reporting will allow the public to stay informed about the level of COVID in the ACT and the impacts it is having on our health system and society more broadly.

'Of course, if there are any developments of concern, the Government will alert the community'.

The weekly updates will be published on the ACT COVID-19 website and social media accounts (Facebook and Twitter).