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COVID-19 pandemic in Australia[edit]
Can you tell me the source for this figure in your edit of "302" here?
NSW health stats @ [1] say 262 new cases to 8pm on 4 August.
Regards, 220 of ßorg 06:32, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
- Johns Hopkins data is it? I read that before too, Doh! 🤦🏻♂️
I think we need to add a citation to the chart, per WP:VERIFY. 220 of ßorg 06:36, 5 August 2021 (UTC)- It is a bit if a quest:
- https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
- select Australia in the left pane
- mouse over the chart in the right hand top corner. Tooltip pops up and shows 4/8/21: 302
- D'oh again, I believe that's all Australia, I was looking at the NSW only figure!
I think we have too many charts & graphs. Inthink there is also an equivalent graph on the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (statistics)#Cumulative cases page. They're not easy to keep up to date & IIRC some weren't updated for several weeks, I then had to figure out how to do it from scratch. I've added some explanatory notes when I can. 220 of ßorg 08:55, 5 August 2021 (UTC)- No probs. Yes it is all of AU. Extended the chart description. The chart should be easy to maintain. Just add
- a date to the X values and
- a number of cases to the Y values.
- It takes only one Wikipedian to add this on a daily basis to keep the chart up to date. That should be doable. Uwappa (talk) 09:20, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
- No probs. Yes it is all of AU. Extended the chart description. The chart should be easy to maintain. Just add
- D'oh again, I believe that's all Australia, I was looking at the NSW only figure!
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There's a roundtable with the evaluation of the cabinet formation team tomorrow. Dajasj (talk) 18:18, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks. Watched it. Not much news. To be continued... Uwappa (talk) 20:31, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
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