Tasmanian new and active COVID cases drop for fifth straight day

Updated January 24 2022 - 11:00am, first published 10:55am
Director of Public Health Dr Mark Veitch last week said he would like to see case numbers drop for about a week before declaring Tasmania was over its first Omicron peak. Picture: Phillip Biggs
Director of Public Health Dr Mark Veitch last week said he would like to see case numbers drop for about a week before declaring Tasmania was over its first Omicron peak. Picture: Phillip Biggs

New and active case numbers have dropped in Tasmania for the fifth straight day and have continued a downward trend for almost two weeks, while hospitalisations due primarily to COVID have increased by one.

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