Fewer household are experiencing cold, flu or COVID symptoms, and fewer are reporting testing, according to survey results released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
David Zago, head of household surveys at the ABS, said: “Our latest Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey, conducted between 8 and 28 August 2022, showed 36 per cent of households experienced cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms, down from 42 per cent in July 2022.”
Households that had had a COVID test in the past four weeks were also down (43 per cent) when compared to July (48 per cent).
“Of those testing for COVID-19, 22 per cent were positive, down from 27 per cent in the previous month,” Mr Zago said.
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