Claim: An average of almost 5,000 Australians have been hospitalised with COVID-19 each day since the start of 2022.
Fact-check: WA premier's COVID hospitalisations claim in need of treatment
Verdict: false. around 3,600 people on average were in hospital with covid-19 each day from january 1 to january 20, the date of the claim.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: William Summers
Date published: 2022-01-31T00:00:00