What we know today, February 18 – virus latest at a glance
AUSTRALIAN VACCINATION NUMBERS:
* There have been 52,859,039 vaccine doses administered in the national COVID-19 rollout up to Wednesday, including 157,935 in the previous 24 hours.
* Of that total, 33,023,460 have been administered by Commonwealth facilities, an increase of 127,166 in the previous 24 hours.
* State and territory facilities have administered 19,835,579 vaccines, an increase of 30,769 in the last 24 hours.
* More than 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 94.1 per cent are double vaccinated.
* A total of 10,453,973 people aged over 16 have received more than two doses, an increase of 136,476 in the previous 24 hours.
AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:
* 28,040 new cases: 9995 in NSW, 8501 in Victoria, 5665 in Queensland, 1440 in South Australia, 1045 in the Northern Territory, 537 in the ACT, 680 in Tasmania, and 177 in Western Australia.
* The national death toll is 4782 (+66): NSW 1790 (+14), Victoria 2333 (+9), Queensland 438 (+39), South Australia 165 (+3), ACT 32 (+1), NT 13, Tasmania 23 and WA 10. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states).
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GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:
* Cases: at least 417,672,449.
* Deaths: at least 5,849,513.
* Vaccine doses administered: 10,257,109,696.
Data current as at 6:30pm AEDT on February 17, taking in federal and state/territory government updates and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures.
