COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Oceania on 25 January 2020 with the first confirmed case reported in Melbourne, Australia. The virus has spread to all sovereign states and territories in the region. Australia and New Zealand were praised for their handling of the pandemic in comparison to other Western nations, with New Zealand and each state in Australia wiping out all community transmission of the virus several times even after re-introduction in the community.

COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
Map of the COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania (as of 22 July 2022)
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DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationOceania
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseMelbourne, Australia
Arrival date25 January 2020
(4 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days ago)
Confirmed cases11,313,230 (as of 24 July 2022)
Recovered10,417,291 (as of 24 July 2022) (partially reported)
Deaths
17,740 (as of 24 July 2022)
Territories
28

As a result of the high transmissibility of the Delta variant however, by August 2021, the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria had conceded defeat in their eradication efforts. In early October 2021, New Zealand also abandoned its elimination strategy.

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