Covid-19: Aussies at front of booster jab rollout and who’s lagging behind

One state is leading the charge in the nation’s booster shot rollout as Australians are urged to get their third jab. Here’s how Queensland is tracking.

NSW is leading the charge in the nation’s booster shot rollout as Australians are urged to get their third jab for increased protection against the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

As of Monday, a total of 1,230,408 people in NSW have rolled their sleeves up for their booster jab, a daily increase of 27,074.

Victoria came second in the tally on Monday, with a total of 925,880 jabs administered, a daily increase of 22,475.

Queenslanders have also been eager to get jabbed with Monday’s data showing 13,558 people lined up for their booster shot, bringing the overall total to 709,133.

South Australians came fourth in the booster tally, with 268,966 residents now triple vaxxed as of Monday, a daily increase of 8,065.

In Western Australia, a total of 302,309 people have received their third shot, which is a daily increase of 7,755.

Tasmanians have shown their keenness to get their third jab, with 83,996 now triple vaxxed.

The ACT and the NT have recorded 79,442 and 31,847 booster vaccinations as of Monday.

Nationally, 3,651,855 people over the age of 18 have so far been triple vaxxed.

The new data comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a warning on Monday to unvaccinated Australians.

“The people who are predominantly in hospital who have gone there because of Covid are unvaccinated, if you want to end up in hospital, being unvaccinated against this virus is the most likely way to end up there,” he said.

The head of Australia’s vaccine task force, Lieutenant General John Frewen, said there was an “absolute focus” on getting booster shots administered to residents of aged care homes.

“There are a bit over 2500 residential aged care facilities,” he told ABC News.

“We’ve already done booster visits to more than 1500 of them. All of the remainders have been aligned with a provider ... it’s a priority for the taskforce, and work is well underway.”