Covid hospitalisations in Australia hit new record, surpassing January peak

Experts say lower ICU figures partly due to aged care deaths, while AMA vice president labels number of Covid patients massive'

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The number of Australians in hospital with Covid-19 has reached the highest point of the entire pandemic, according to data from CovidLive.

On Monday, there were 5,429 Covid patients in hospital, surpassing the previous record of 5,390 set in late January.