Australia’s fourth Covid wave likely to peak before Christmas, experts say

Rate of hospitalisations and infections starting to taper' in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland

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Australia's fourth Covid wave is likely to peak before Christmas as the rate of hospitalisations and infections begin to slow.

Cases have continued to increase nationwide for the sixth consecutive week, however at a slower rate. This suggests a plateau in cases would arrive by the first week of December, in line with pandemic modelling, if it has not already.