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Latest snapshot of coronavirus impact

Almost 12.5 million Australians have now received a COVID-19 booster shot. (AAP)

AUSTRALIAN VACCINATION NUMBERS:

* There have been 55,680,095 vaccine doses administered in the national COVID-19 rollout up to Saturday, including 71,177 recorded in the previous 24 hours.

* Of that total, 35,157,595 have been administered by commonwealth facilities, an increase of 40,682 in the previous 24 hours.

* State and territory facilities have administered 20,522,500 vaccines, an increase of 30,495 in the previous 24 hours.

* About 96.65 per cent of people aged 16 and over have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 94.91 per cent are double vaccinated.

* A total of 12,484,446 people have received more than two doses - with a booster or top-up shot - an increase of 28,521 in the previous 24 hours.

AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:

* 40,403 new cases: 16,813 in NSW, 6694 in Victoria, 5707 in Queensland, 5626 in Western Australia, 3168 in South Australia, 1305 in Tasmania, 926 in the ACT and 164 in the Northern Territory.

* The national death toll is 5728 (+7): NSW 2023 (+4), Victoria 2675, Queensland 683, South Australia 234 (+3), ACT 38, NT 31, Tasmania 27 and WA 20. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states).

GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:

* Cases: at least 469,598,051

* Deaths: at least 6,074,319

* Vaccine doses administered: 10,788,776,886.

Data current as at 1800 AEDT on March 20, taking in federal and state/territory government updates and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures.

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