Commun Dis Intell (2018). 2020 May 8;44. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2020.44.42.
Confirmed cases in Australia notified up to 03 May 2020: notifications = 6,784; deaths = 89. The reduction in international travel and domestic movement, social distancing measures and public health action have likely slowed the spread of COVID-19 in Australia. Currently new notifications in Australia are mostly considered to be locally-acquired with some cases still reported among people with recent overseas travel. Most locally-acquired cases can be linked back to a confirmed case or known cluster, with a small portion unable to be epidemiologically linked to another case. The ratio of overseas-acquired cases to locally-acquired cases varies by jurisdiction. The crude case fatality rate (CFR) in Australia remains low (1.3%) compared to the World Health Organization's globally-reported rate (7.1%) and to other comparable high-income countries such as the United States of America (5.7%) and the United Kingdom (15.4%). The lower CFR in Australia is likely reflective of high case ascertainment including detection of mild cases. Internationally, cases continue to increase. The rates of increase have started to slow in several regions, although it is too soon to tell whether this trend will be sustained.
截至2020年5月3日澳大利亚报告的确诊病例：通报病例数 = 6784例；死亡89例。国际旅行和国内流动的减少、社交距离措施以及公共卫生行动可能减缓了COVID-19在澳大利亚的传播。目前，澳大利亚的新增通报病例大多被认为是本地感染，仍有一些病例报告来自近期有海外旅行史的人。大多数本地感染病例可追溯到确诊病例或已知聚集性病例，一小部分病例在流行病学上无法与其他病例建立联系。境外输入病例与本地感染病例的比例因司法管辖区而异。与世界卫生组织全球报告的病死率（7.1%）以及其他可比的高收入国家如美国（5.7%）和英国（15.4%）相比，澳大利亚的粗病死率（CFR）仍然较低（1.3%）。澳大利亚较低的病死率可能反映了包括轻症病例检测在内的高病例确诊率。在国际上，病例数继续增加。几个地区的增长速度已开始放缓，不过现在判断这一趋势是否会持续还为时过早。
