COVID-19 cases datasets
This dataset provides COVID-19 cases by notification date and postcode, local health district, and local government area.
This dataset provides COVID-19 cases by notification date and age range for cases notified from 29 June 2021 onwards. Lower age groups have been aggregated because of small numbers of cases in these age groups. The risk of gaining information about an individual in the dataset increases as the number of cases decreases.
This dataset provides COVID-19 cases by notification date and postcode, local health district, and local government area and likely source of infection.
From 19 November, NSW Health will no longer provide a breakdown of locally acquired and overseas acquired COVID-19 cases in its daily updates, but a total of all cases. With quarantine-free international travel, overseas origin of cases can no longer be determined immediately, but will be included in the NSW Health COVID-19 weekly surveillance reports.
This dataset provides COVID-19 cases by notification date and likely source of infection. Publication of some data in this dataset has been suppressed (before 9 March 2020) or is being delayed because the risk of gaining information about an individual in the dataset increases as the number of cases decreases.
From 19 November, NSW Health will no longer provide a breakdown of locally acquired and overseas acquired COVID-19 cases in its daily updates, but a total of all cases. With quarantine-free international travel, overseas origin of cases can no longer be determined immediately, but will be included in the NSW Health COVID-19 weekly surveillance reports.
About the data
The data is for confirmed COVID-19 cases only based on location of usual residence, not necessarily where the virus was contracted. The data excludes 189 cases in crew members who tested positive while on board a ship docked in NSW at the time of diagnosis.
The details on source of infection are subject to change as public health investigations and case interviews are ongoing. Case counts reported for a particular day may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and case review.
The Government has obligations under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 in relation to the collection, use and disclosure of the personal, including the health information, of individuals. Information about NSW Privacy laws is available here: https://data.nsw.gov.au/key-nsw-data-legislation-and-policies.
The information collected about confirmed cases does not include any information to directly identify individuals, such as their name, date of birth or address. However, it does include information about their age and sex and the location of their usual residence. Therefore, the underlying dataset was assessed to measure the risk of identifying an individual and to measure the information gained if it was known that an individual was in the dataset. The dataset was then treated to mitigate these risks, including suppressing and aggregating data.
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Last updated 01 Feb 2024