 | Australia's COVID-19 cases, death numbers continue to riseAccording to Department of Health data published on the night of February 1, there were 4,954 cases being treated in hospitals nationwide, including 375 in intensive care units. |
 | Australia reports record high in COVID-19 deaths, hospitals under stressVictoria declared an emergency for hospitals in its state capital, Melbourne, and several regional hospitals from midday Wednesday because of staff shortages and a surge in patient admissions. |
 | Australia's New South Wales sets new high for COVID deathsDeputy Premier James Merlino said the state’s healthcare system is strained, with around 6,600 workers off duty after testing positive or coming into close contact with a positive case. |
| Former PM Malcolm Turnbull tests positive as omicron cases rise in AustraliaNew South Wales saw a record 45,098 new cases on Saturday — up from 38,625 a day earlier — as the spread of the omicron variant forced the reintroduction of some restrictions in the state. |
 | Travis Head to miss Sydney Test after testing positive for COVID-19Head is asymptomatic and will remain in Melbourne with his partner for seven days as per the Victorian government's health requirements. |
 | Australian state sees major spike in cases, hospitalisationThe most populous state, New South Wales, recorded 5,715 new cases, up from 3,763 and almost as many as were recorded across all of Australia on Wednesday. |
 | Australia reports first locally transmitted Omicron caseThe case, detected in the country's largest city Sydney, comes despite a ban on non-citizens entering the country and restrictions on flights from southern Africa, where the variant was first detected |
 | Australia reports 3rd case of omicron COVID-19 variantA South African man in his 30s who flew from Johannesburg to the northern Australian city of Darwin on Nov 25 tested positive for the new variant at a quarantine facility. |
 | Netherlands, Australia find omicron variant as curbs spreadConfirmed or suspected cases of the new variant have already emerged in several European countries, in Israel and in Hong Kong, just days after it was identified by researchers in South Africa. |
| Australia announces border security measures to combat new Covid-19 variantUnder the measures effective immediately, anyone who is not a citizen or resident of Australia, or their dependents, and who have been there in the past two weeks can not enter Australia. |
 | Prospect of no jab, no visa for Australian Open tennis starsAustralia is preparing to re-open its international borders for the first time in more than 18 months but it'll be a gradual, state-by-state process starting next month and based on vaccination rates. |
 | Australian state's 50 per cent jump in COVID-19 blamed on sport fansContact tracers found a third of Victoria’s 1,438 new infections reported on Thursday had broken pandemic rules by attending social gatherings on the Friday public holiday and on game day. |
 | UK to send 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Australia as cases soar in countryThe Australian leader said the planes delivering Pfizer vaccines were "on the tarmac" in the UK and would deliver "four million doses of hope" within weeks. |
 | COVID-19 lockdown extended in Australian capital amid battle against third waveSeven of the ACT new cases have been linked to previous cases or exposure sites and four were in quarantine for their entire infectious period. |
| Australian state New South Wales sets another high for Covid casesThe COVID-19 death toll has reached 76 in New South Wales since the outbreak of the delta variant was first detected in Sydney on June 16. |
