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Timeline of deaths per day graph vs new cases per day graph.

Not sure if it's better to have the deaths per day graph start at the first of March with the first death as it is in the article or as it is below starting at the date of the first case to make it more comparable by time to the new cases by day graph.

For example, on China's page these two graphs are very comparable by time. https://en.wikipedia.org/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_in_mainland_China#Statistics

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This graph will soon become unmanageable when displaying daily. It may have to be changed to weekly and eventually, monthly. In the interim, the days leading up to the first death may need to be removed. Clifton9 (talk) 12:24, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

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I propose condensing the period from 25 Jan to 29 Feb, as per above. Ejay (talk) 04:56, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes that's how I did the death graph originally then changed it to have the time span the same as the new cases per day so they are comparable but I am leaving it to others to change however is wanted. The bigger problem seems to be two graphs are on the page with different numbers but both say they are 'new cases per day.' HelperAnt (talk)HelperAnt

Yes Ejay I think it needs to be condensed and I agree with HelperAnt that it is problematic that there is now two graphs for the same purpose but with different data. Clifton9 (talk) 12:10, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Recoveries

It is clear that the relevant state authorities are not maintaining the data on 'recovered' cases and in all likelihood it is not possible for it ever to be accurate. Therefore, if it is not accurate then there really is no point in publishing it on this page and I suggest that it needs to be removed. I think it is reasonable to consider that this data is dubious and it's removal requires discussion.Clifton9 (talk) 07:36, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Recovered numbers are remarkably similar to cases for 14 days earlier, which is what you would expect. It suggests that over time recoveries are reported.--Grahame (talk) 01:59, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Grahame, good observation. Will continue to monitor it and re-visit the topic if it doesn't appear to be keeping up. Clifton9 (talk) 02:23, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

NSW finally disclosed how many patients are receiving active treatment, it should be safe to assume the others have recovered. They only officially reported the original 4 patients from China. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20200327_00.aspx Liam Skoda (talk) 04:13, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Just saw this on the ABC website - *Recoveries are likely to be much higher as this figure is only reported in four jurisdictions. and A NSW Health media spokeswoman told ABC News it does not report this figure because it is too difficult to define when a person is considered to have recovered from the disease. I think based on these statements all of the reporting in these graphs should be removed as it's inaccurate and provides false data. Clifton9 (talk) 23:09, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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please update the information with the latest reference on the page for the 26th.

You have provided new data for the 26th however the page information has not been changed to reflect these new data figures. 1.152.106.35 (talk) 03:07, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Partly done: should now be up to date. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 00:00, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

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UPDATE DEATH COUNT, so CHANGE Genyobne (talk) 03:15, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Pretty sure this has happened by now. Count today is 19. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:35, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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You haven't asked what to change. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Panic Buying and Shortages in Goods

The Coronavirus resulted in panic buying across Australia resulting in shortages in durable and long life. This resulted in people across Australia and globally to panic buy toilet paper resulting in shortages and reports of violence in Australia and abroad.

It is unclear exactly why toilet paper has become the hot ticket item for a potential battle with a respiratory infection, but there isn't much logical about these scenes, which some psychologists are suggesting is a demonstration of herd mentality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.240.22.51 (talk) 06:47, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

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Groovin The Moo and Download Festival cancelled (Victoria) Lmills36 (talk) 07:01, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

References - Someone removed all the references for the count.

Do you think the references for case numbers per day for the states in the table should still be included? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.213.221.145 (talk) 01:15, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Definitely not. There is no need to have a reference per state for each and every day this continues. This comes under WP:TOOMANYREFS. Clifton9 (talk) 06:45, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes, there is a need. Especially as they are inconsistent with the commonwealth figures. Not every single figure, but the general sources should certainly be referenced.Tuntable (talk) 01:48, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Most other countries seem to have a column at the right hand side of the table for the references of where the figures came from. For instance in this table on Switzerland's page. https://en.wikipedia.org/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Switzerland#Statistics — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.213.221.145 (talk) 02:24, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

There is a need to have a reference for each state's data, but there doesn't need to be a fresh reference added every day for every state as was occurring. It was just clutter and as per prior comment, was WP:TOOMANYREFS. We also have duplicated data and the whole thing needs a clean up. A template such as the Switzerland example is required. Clifton9 (talk) 03:31, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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Section: https://en.wikipedia.org/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Australia#Federal_Government

At end of paragraph beginning "On 13 March, at a meeting of the Council of Australian Governments..."

Add: Prime Minister Morrison also announced he intended to attend a Rugby League match on Saturday the 14th of March; "I do still plan to go to the football on Saturday"

Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2020/mar/13/scott-morrison-defends-decision-to-attend-rugby-league-game-during-coronavirus-outbreak-video https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/coronavirus-scott-morrison-coag-premiers-cancelling-events/12053382 101.165.104.244 (talk) 02:00, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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Hi. This is the first time that I am submitting anything to Misplaced Pages, hence apologies if I am not doing it right.

I found the following method to be the best way to visualise if the infection rate is slowing down. My suggestion is to add a table and a graph that shows for every day the percentage of increase/decrease from the previous day, i.e.

    100*(new cases today - new cases yesterday) / new cases yesterday.

For linear growth that percentage is 0, more than 0 indicates exponential growth and less than 0 indicates slowing in the infection rate. Staying below 0 should eventually stop the spreading of infection.

I tried to insert an example of the chart and graph, but was not able to. ZelkoZahtila (talk) 10:43, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

True, but that is now negative. Better is just a simple number of new cases. Simple, would show the data, and not be controversial.Tuntable (talk) 01:32, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

I think this is a good idea, but I been trying graph this myself and they didn't turn out well. The media seems to be showing that is it getting worse everywhere in the world (no citation provided), but Italy's total number of infections growth rate has been slowing since they locked down the whole country as with NZ, Australia and many others. So, I believe there needs to be more awareness that the systems governments are putting in place are working and will continue to work if we continue to participate. How to show this I don't know, but it seems new cases can increase while growth in total number of infections decreases (See Italy's stats around the 19-20-21 March). Thanks, Grant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grantwalls (talk • contribs) 02:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Inconsistent data, no citation

Where did the numbers for the graphs at the end of the article actually come from? We need a specific reference. Certainly they are inconsistent with the Australian government one

https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-current-situation-and-case-numbers

which shows 195 and 100 new cases for 28 and 29 March.

There is minimal analysis either in this article or elsewhere as to what these numbers actually mean, due to very poor data that seems to be publicly available.

If anyone has better data that would be good. Reading back from the Source of Transmission on that page using archive.org would give some better info, but is tedious and I cannot bother doing battle with Original Research nazis even though it is government data. If I get support I might do that.

But if anyone knows or can access better data that would be great. Tuntable (talk) 01:30, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Some one removed all the citations for the state counts. However basically they are the official state health department releases that come out at various times in the day. Vic and NSW in the morning, ACT at 1.30 pm, Tas very late in the day ... The Australian govt figures will be one point in time on the day, with figures posted many hours later. Our state's figures will be whatever is released by midnight. You cannot really count on knowing exactly what happened by midnight as it takes time for all the organisations to report and compile and release. If we want a better picture we would need to know when the sample was collected, and confirmed positive for each case. Poibly back date to when symptoms first appeared. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:32, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Graeme Bartlett Do you know where they actually come from?

Citations should definitely be there. Maybe generic ones if there is a date in the URL, but not nothing. There is not much from Queensland that I could find, for example. Tuntable (talk) 04:39, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

I will also admit I have updated based on a press conference of the premiers of the states. They regularly announce their figures at a press conference. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:26, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Listing indexes to sources as I come across them:

ACT https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/updates

SA http://emergencydepartments.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/health+topics/health+topics+a+-+z/covid+2019/latest+updates/confirmed+and+suspected+cases+of+covid-19+in+south+australia

TAS https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/news/2020

NT https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au/home has count at the top and updates listed lower down the page

QLD https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/current-status-and-contact-tracing-alerts

NSW https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/2020-nsw-health.aspx

VIC https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

WA https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Coronavirus/COVID19-statistics

Also the ABC Chinese site is not too far behind: https://www.abc.net.au/chinese/2020-03-27/australia-coronavirus-live-update-latest-news-/12095358 Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:26, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Added most of those references into the table except NT link didn't work. The Guardian website also has good stats but ultimately there isn't always going to be alignment due to different reporting times. It would take a bit of time and patience to grab all the data from that site and align it to what is on this page and then double check all the data that has been loaded into all the separate graphs.Clifton9 (talk) 06:49, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Australian Govt Data -- work in progress

Numbers from https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-current-situation-and-case-numbers

They also might have stopped updating the page, maybe they do not like the new numbers!

Note that these numbers are different from the article and different from, say, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2020/mar/30/coronavirus-cases-in-australia-map-confirmed-numbers-stats-how-many-cases-of-covid-19-nsw-maps-victoria-live-data-qld-sa-wa-tas-nt-latest-statistics-update

Madness! Tuntable (talk) 05:26, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

I have moved (and corrected) this graph to the beginning Tuntable (talk) 06:29, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

So Tuntable are you doing something with the other graph because there are now 2 graphs that are titled "new cases" but they have different numbers in them? Also, are you updating the tables with the cumulative data so they match the data in your new graph as they differ? Clifton9 (talk) 09:19, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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The chart showing Australian deaths by date has the wrong Y axis as the first two rows are both noted as 1 death. Paul Arthur Stevenson (talk) 11:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Done. Had to set a maximum y-axis value of 7 to make it work so should Australia unfortunately exceed that figure in 1 day then the value will need updating to display correctly. Clifton9 (talk) 12:31, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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Can a simple moving average trend line be added to the “new cases” by date be added please? Paul Arthur Stevenson (talk) 11:30, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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Under the Statistics section additional note for NSW regarding infections from passengers onboard Ovation of the Seas.

Suggest adding "79 infected on the Ovation of the Seas"

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Additional case numbers and references for Queensland to be added to the table "Cumulative confirmed cases by State, Territory & Nationally"

Confirmed cases as at 22 February 2020 "7"

Confirmed cases as at 29th February 2020 "9"

Confirmed cases as at 3rd March 2020 "10" Realjbrown (talk) 05:27, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. Clifton9 (talk) 09:15, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

NSW Epidemiological curve -- Where Aquired

This is work in progress for what I think is the most important graph.Tuntable (talk) 06:40, 1 April 2020 (UTC) https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/covid-19-latest.aspx#statistics

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Damn. Only supports two stacks.

Interesting link, opinion on fall. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2020/apr/01/is-australia-flattening-the-coronavirus-curve-look-at-the-charts-

And some attempt at analyzing effect of measures https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1X72xXEm1FCYpwo5OiRGhDUelMyicRj2L

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I hope that I am taking the right approach to help fill in the gaps. I am only a new user and unfortunately do not yet have the ability to make the edits directly myself at this time for this article.

Additional case numbers and references for New South Wales to be added to the table "Cumulative confirmed cases by State, Territory & Nationally"

Confirmed cases as at 22 February 2020 "4"

Confirmed cases as at 29 February 2020 "5"

Confirmed cases as at 1 March 2020 "6"

Confirmed cases as at 2 March 2020 "9"

Confirmed cases as at 3 March 2020 "15" Realjbrown (talk) 10:51, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Done. Clifton9 (talk) 11:08, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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Please add tested number of people (daily) to the main table Varol.cavdar (talk) 11:37, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Chart of new Cases

I put back (and updated) the chart of new cases. This is the most important aspect of the entire story -- is it getting better or worse, and later, how did it change over time. That is why it is in the lead. Cumulative graphs do not make that clear at all.

I might add that this is the first chart on the official Australian Government website so they also think that it is important. https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-current-situation-and-case-numbers

As to the data being inaccurate, it is read from the reference cited on the chart. If someone has better data then by all means update it but with citations. I do not think that a few percent errors actually matters much though, it is the big picture that is important. Note that the data over the last few days changes as more test results come in. Tuntable (talk) 23:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Ventilators, currently hospitalized, ICU

Do you think it should be included on the page or do you know if the government releases information such as ventilators and health status of cases such as is recorded in the Israel page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Israel#Statistics — Preceding unsigned comment added by HelperAnt (talk • contribs) 02:24, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

If you could find stats on number of people are sick enough to be in hospital that would be wonderful. But there is very little publicly available data. Lots of talk, logs of opinions, very little data. Try telephoning departments, NSW seems most forthcoming.Tuntable (talk) 04:58, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

The data is available, just not on an up to date daily basis. The Australia wide numbers for Hospitalisations, ICU addmissions and ventilators used are included in reports found here "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) weekly epidemiology reports" an example from the Report 9 for week ending 29 March 2020 is below.

"Hospitalisation status was recorded for 2,129 cases, of which 19% were reported to have been hospitalised due to their COVID-19 infection. Of these hospitalised cases, ICU (Intensive Care Unit) status was recorded for 176 cases, of which 22% (n = 38) were admitted to an ICU, with five cases requiring ventilation; and" Realjbrown (talk) 10:24, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Inconsistent Data

I just noticed that if you look at the graph on https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/coronavirus-covid-19-current-situation-and-case-numbers you will notice that the numbers are quite different from the numbers in the table in the main statistics table, which have been derived from the same source(!!).

One possible reason is that the graph data is delayed a day or two, and the table data may include noise like unconfirmed testing. Still, it confirms one's suspicion as to the competency of our health administrators. Any ideas as to the inconsistency?

We use the graph data for the graph at the head of the article, and the table data for the table in the body, which matches the sources. I added a note about the inconsistency above the table.

At a high level it does not matter. They both tell the same story. A leveling off of cases.Tuntable (talk) 05:44, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Would it be possible to increase the accuracy or at least the consistency of this graph by using data from the table under "Number of Cases". The data is sourced and attributed to individual health department media releases which do not change. It also does not rely on another party updating a graph that may later be updated again.

This would at least increase the consistency of data across the page. Realjbrown (talk) 10:05, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Graph of Recoveries (in main) looks wrong

People usually recover within 14 days. So as the number of cases grows one would expect the number of recoveries to grow, where that is not being shown.

Where exactly is the data being retrieved from?

And what does "Recovered" actually mean? If it means recovered from Hospital, then the main should be Cases Admitted to Hospital. And what happens to people that leave the country?

The current chart suggests that very few people recover, which is clearly not the case. Unless decent data can be found I think it needs to go. There is very little useful data on Covid-19 for Australia.

I will move it to the bottom until this is clarified. Tuntable (talk) 22:45, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes there are issues with the data on Recoveries, that has already been discussed in this talk page and hence why the other recovery data has been removed. But that is not justification to push the graph out of the way. Have a look at almost every other nations page and you'll see this graph is in the same location for all of them. Clifton9 (talk) 23:43, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

If the recovery data is plain wrong, as you noted, then it should be removed completely unless you want to create another section titled "Incorrect data being published". The fact that other pages may chose to publish obviously flawed data does not mean this page should. And there is no citation for where the data came from. It is now completely obvious that the data is wrong, and I have added a dubious tag to it. Tuntable (talk) 05:36, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Then remove the data from that graph as has occurred with other graphs. My reference to others nations was in relation to the location of the graph, not the recovery data. You also don't get to personally decide what is the 'single most important data'. You have, as has been pointed out multiple times, created a duplicate graph, with differing information to the rest of the page without addressing those differences, and placed it in the lead section rather than the data section because of your personal choice. You need to discontinue edit-warring and address the inconsistency that you have created. Clifton9 (talk) 09:20, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

While the recovery data is not credited on the page it is a true figure. The reference should be "Coronavirus update for Victoria - 2 April 2020" which does state 422 recoveries. However, it is still incomplete data, because Victoria is the only state I believe to consistently publish a recovered figure, with some other states indicating they may even stop testing for a recovery. Realjbrown (talk) 09:48, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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Adding citation for "On 17 March, Tasmania declared a public health emergency. "

Citation as provided below

"Public Health Emergency for Tasmania declared". dhhs.tas.gov.au. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 03 April 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help) Hittingman (talk) 09:52, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Australia Coronavirus death toll to 28

Australia Coronavirus death in Melton, Victoria will be this month.

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