On the good news side we in Australia appear to have very low numbers of severe disease.The Dept. of Health publishes a weekly report of the breakdown on cases.it gives how many are assessed for ICU treatment,the numbers admitted to ICU and the numbers ventilated.
Here is the summary for the week ending 23.59 last Sunday.
In Australia:
• There have been 1,765 confirmed cases, including seven deaths, reported in Australia as at
23:59 AEDT 22 March 2020. Of confirmed cases, 43% were reported from NSW, 21% from
Qld, 18% from Vic, 8% from SA, 7% from WA, 2% from ACT, 1% from Tas, and 0.2% from
NT;
• Sixty-five percent of the total number of reported cases so far have been during the current
reporting period;
• Hospitalisation status was recorded for 717 cases, of which 26% (n = 190) were reported to
have been hospitalised due to their COVID-19 infection. Of these hospitalised cases, ICU
(Intensive Care Unit) status was recorded for 87 cases, of which 20% (n = 17) were were admitted
to an ICU, with two cases requiring ventilation; and
• Virus genome sequences currently available from Australian cases indicate introductions
from China, Iran, Europe and the USA, reflecting global diversity of SARS-COV-2 and corroborating
field epidemiology.
To access the full report go here and download the weeks report-
So in terms of ICU admissions and ventilation at present not so bad.