Letter to the Editor

From the Department of Health

From 7 October 2022, we are updating the COVID-19 vaccination reporting. The updates will provide more accurate and timely reporting of the level of protection in the population.
The changes include:
using the latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Residential Population (2021) in our coverage calculations for the general population
removing people who are no longer in the scope of the vaccination rollout from coverage calculations (for example, people who are deceased or who have permanently left Australia)
counting vaccinations by overseas brands that are recognised by the TGA and recorded in the Australian Immunisation Register.

Total national doses
Total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered since the start of the rollout in February 2021.
Data as at: 19 October 2022

63,865,635
Total vaccine doses administered nationally

58,438
Vaccine doses reported in the last week

Fourth doses
Australians considered most at risk of severe illness and those aged 30 and over are eligible to receive a fourth dose 3 months after their third dose. Coverage statistics and detailed cohort information can be accessed in the detailed reporting.
Data as at: 19 October 2022

4,967,069
People aged 16+ with 4 doses

Number of vaccinated people aged 16 or over at time of reporting.
Coverage percentages are calculated using Estimated Residential Population (ERP) for first and second doses. Consideration is given to timing and eligibility for third dose statistics.
Data as at: 19 October 2022

97.2%
People aged 16+ with at least 1 dose

95.8%
People aged 16+ with 2 doses

72.2%
People aged 16+ with 3 doses

20,044,208
People aged 16+ with at least 1 dose

19,763,651
People aged 16+ with 2 doses

14,255,612
People aged 16+ with 3 doses

19,743,730
Population aged 16+ eligible for a 3rd dose

People aged 5 to 15
Number of vaccinated people aged 5 to 15 years old at time of reporting.
Data as at: 19 October 2022

2,190,339
People aged 5-15 with at least 1 dose

1,887,061
People aged 5-15 with 2 doses

Vaccine coverage by jurisdiction – people aged 16 and over
Coverage statistics are calculated using residential information. The National total will not equal the sum of the listed states and territories due to a number of people residing in Other territories or with missing residential information.
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Jurisdiction People with at least one dose % People with at least one dose People with two doses % People with two doses People with three dose % People eligible with three doses People with four doses % People eligible with four doses (aged 30+)
National 20,044,208 97.2% 19,763,651 95.8% 14,255,612 72.2% 4,967,069 41.5%
NSW 6,305,705 96.9% 6,224,040 95.7% 4,365,654 70.2% 1,590,585 43.1%
VIC 5,159,480 97.7% 5,099,655 96.6% 3,786,988 74.3% 1,230,362 39.1%
QLD 3,863,518 92.9% 3,807,373 91.5% 2,478,649 65.2% 952,040 44.6%
WA 2,095,875 95.9% 2,070,024 94.7% 1,727,199 83.5% 507,790 35.8%
SA 1,372,513 93.3% 1,347,451 91.6% 1,023,631 76.1% 391,763 45.3%
TAS 442,591 95.1% 434,942 93.4% 324,355 74.7% 133,643 48.1%
ACT 352,759 96.7% 347,903 95.4% 280,321 80.6% 105,434 45.9%
NT 171,425 88.7% 167,557 86.7% 133,212 79.6% 25,783 24.5%

Jurisdictional data
Administration state and territory breakdown indicates the state or territory in which a vaccine dose was administered and may differ from residential location.
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Jurisdiction Doses administered Vaccine doses reported in the last week
National 63,865,635 58,438
NSW 19,806,526 16,782
VIC 16,627,915 12,504
QLD 12,059,809 10,414
WA 6,961,839 5,440
SA 4,452,489 5,340
ACT 1,885,425 6,352
TAS 1,452,012 1,205
NT 619,620 401

Now supposed population data from ABS. Again copied and pasted.

Australia’s population was 25,890,773 people at 31 March 2022.

Annual population change

All states and territories had positive population growth over the year ending 31 March 2022.
Queensland had the highest growth rate (1.8%).
Northern Territory had the smallest growth rate (0.4%).
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Population at 31 Mar 2022 (‘000) Change over previous year (‘000) Change over previous year (%)
New South Wales 8130.1 44.4 0.5
Victoria 6593.3 41.5 0.6
Queensland 5296.1 92.1 1.8
South Australia 1815.5 15.4 0.9
Western Australia 2773.4 32.2 1.2
Tasmania 571.2 4.1 0.7
Northern Territory 250.4 1.0 0.4
Australian Capital Territory 455.9 3.4 0.7
Australia (a) 25890.8 234.1 0.9

The way they are presenting the data is almost near impossible to get to add up. They just keep changing it. And their bloody qualifying notes to put you off the track of their accuracy or inaccuracy.

From Bliskitt

Queensland