Due to the difference in reporting times between states, territories and the federal government, it can be difficult to get a current picture of how many confirmed cases of coronavirus there are in Australia. Here, we’ve brought together all the figures in one place, along with comparisons with other countries. Sources: cumulative and daily figures are from Johns Hopkins University. For Australia, more up-to-date figures from state and territory health departments are used for the totals, but not for the chart. Australian data last updated 2020-04-12, Johns Hopkins University data last updated 2020-04-12. Recovered cases removed due to unreliable data Guardian Australia has gone through every state and territory press release to construct and maintain an up-to-date database of coronavirus cases, as well as maintaining live data feeds from other groups collating data, such as Johns Hopkins University. This is necessary to get a broader picture of how Covid-19 is affecting Australians and to track the impact of government measures. National view This chart shows the “epidemic curve” for Australia with a timeline of measures introduced by the federal government. It aims to track our progress in “flattening the curve”, and the measures we have introduced to do so. According to experts, the growth in new coronavirus cases in Australia is slowing, likely due to the decrease in travel-related cases. However there is still a long way to go in controlling the spread of Covid-19, and particular attention needs to be paid to the rate of community transmission. The following chart shows the percent growth in cases, with a trend line based on a five-day average. Generally, we want both lines to be heading downwards towards zero: Percent growth in Australian coronavirus cases Showing the percent change in the daily cumulative total of confirmed coronavirus cases since 20 February, and a five day rolling average of the percent change. Last updated 2020-04-11 Here, you can see the cumulative total of confirmed cases, with the contribution of each state and territory: Updates 7 April 2020: Added map of Western Australia Maps are now based on an automated feed, please contact us at australia.coronatracking@theguardian.com if anything looks wrong About the data This database is available for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence, which means it is OK to re-use, but please provide attribution and a link to Guardian Australia. The data is available in Google sheets here or as a JSON feed here. We assign cases to the date on which they were reported by the given health department, and deaths are assigned to the date they occurred. Extended data on testing and demographics varies between each state and territory so may not always be available. Please contact nick.evershed@theguardian.com if you spot an error in the data or to make a suggestion. Due to the nature of collating data daily under time pressure and differences in how data is collected, we recommend cross-checking with other data sources where possible. It is quite likely these figures will vary from other figures due to differences in data collection methods. Here are a few other websites doing similar work: covid19data ABC News coronavirus data Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 cases Our World in Data Due to the unprecedented and ongoing nature of the coronavirus outbreak, this article is being regularly updated to ensure that it reflects the current situation at the date of publication. Any significant corrections made to this or previous versions of the article will continue to be footnoted in line with Guardian editorial policy.