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AUSTRALIAN VACCINATION NUMBERS: * There have been 56,882,958 vaccine doses administered in the national COVID-19 rollout up to Friday, including 56,019 recorded in the previous 24 hours. * Of that total, 36,045,339 have been administered by commonwealth facilities, an increase of 45,626 in the previous 24 hours. * State and territory facilities have administered 20,837,619 vaccines, an increase of 10,393 in the previous 24 hours. * 96.90 per cent of people aged 16 and over have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 95.26 per cent are double vaccinated. * A total of 13,116,627 people have received more than two doses – with a booster or top-up shot – an increase of 28,450 in the previous 24 hours. AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS: * 50,470 new cases: 17,597 in NSW, 8687 in Queensland, 9610 in Victoria, 6566 in Western Australia, 4777 in South Australia, 1803 in Tasmania, 959 in the ACT and 471 in the Northern Territory. * The national death toll is 6545 (+24): Victoria 2781 (+7), NSW 2523 (+10), Queensland 774 (+2), South Australia 280 (+1), WA 75 (+3), ACT 45 (+1), NT 36 and Tasmania 33. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states). GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS: * Cases: at least 497,435,121 * Deaths: at least 6,174,022 * Vaccine doses administered: 11,089,615,113. Data current as at 1500 AEST on April 9, taking in federal and state/territory government updates and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures. Australian Associated Press
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AUSTRALIAN VACCINATION NUMBERS:
* There have been 56,882,958 vaccine doses administered in the national COVID-19 rollout up to Friday, including 56,019 recorded in the previous 24 hours.
* Of that total, 36,045,339 have been administered by commonwealth facilities, an increase of 45,626 in the previous 24 hours.
* State and territory facilities have administered 20,837,619 vaccines, an increase of 10,393 in the previous 24 hours.
* 96.90 per cent of people aged 16 and over have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 95.26 per cent are double vaccinated.
* A total of 13,116,627 people have received more than two doses – with a booster or top-up shot – an increase of 28,450 in the previous 24 hours.
AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:
* 50,470 new cases: 17,597 in NSW, 8687 in Queensland, 9610 in Victoria, 6566 in Western Australia, 4777 in South Australia, 1803 in Tasmania, 959 in the ACT and 471 in the Northern Territory.
* The national death toll is 6545 (+24): Victoria 2781 (+7), NSW 2523 (+10), Queensland 774 (+2), South Australia 280 (+1), WA 75 (+3), ACT 45 (+1), NT 36 and Tasmania 33. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states).
GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:
* Cases: at least 497,435,121
* Deaths: at least 6,174,022
* Vaccine doses administered: 11,089,615,113.
Data current as at 1500 AEST on April 9, taking in federal and state/territory government updates and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures.
Australian Associated Press