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Despite surging Covid case numbers, the jury is still out on the potentially deadly 'Deltacron' hybrid strain of the virus but early signs are it has not taken off here and that Omicron is still in charge.
WA recorded 8,429 Covid cases on Wednesday. Along with the record daily infections, WA Health confirmed a man aged in his 90s has died with the virus.
NSW has recorded its highest number of daily Covid cases in a week as fears grow the new sub-variant BA.2 may lead to some restrictions being brought back in.
Transmission of the virus has risen by 57 per cent across Australia in the past week - up to 53,376 cases on Tuesday - driven by Omicron's more transmissible BA.2 sub-variant.
The change, which comes as authorities are expected to sign off within days on a fourth Covid vaccine dose for five million Australians, is making people fearful new rules could ruin Easter.