CANBERRA, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Australia since the start of the pandemic has surpassed 10 million.
There were more than 8,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 10 deaths reported across Australia on Monday.
As of Monday afternoon, a total of 10,005,838 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 13,759 deaths, and approximately 119,498 active cases, according to the latest data from the Department of Health.
Of the total cases, more than 9.5 million, or 95 percent, were reported in 2022.
The death toll in 2022 has also accounted for more than 80 percent of all Australia's COVID-19 deaths.
There have been more cases among Australians aged 20-29 than any other aged group followed by those between 30 and 39.
New South Wales, Australia's most populous state with Sydney as the capital city, has had more than 3.4 million total cases, and the second-most populous state, Victoria, has had more than 2.5 million.
Federal, state and territory leaders will discuss the nation's ongoing response to the pandemic at a national cabinet meeting this week.
Ahead of the meeting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that leaders would address whether COVID restrictions were "right for the times", but acknowledged hospitals were "still under tremendous strain" from COVID-19. ■