Whooping cough (pertussis) cases are nearly five times greater than last year's total

A bar chart showing that in 2019 Australia recorded 12,000 whooping cough cases, before that number fell significantly for a few years, before recording already 10,000 cases in 2024.
*Figures current as of 20 June, 2024.
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