Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 22
COVID-19
According to the World Health Organization (WHO):
COVID-19 is the disease caused by a new coronavirus called
SARS-COV-2. WHO first learned of this new virus on 31
December 2019, following a report of a cluster of cases of
“viral pneumonia” in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.
The first case of COVID-19 identified in Australia was in late
January 2020.
Globally, as of 31 October 2022 there have been:
627,104,342
confirmed cases of COVID-19
6,567,552
lives lost
12,830,378,906
vaccine doses administered
Figures: World Health Organization, 31 October 2022.
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Sydney Local Health District
