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The known:
Health, income, and education differences are associated with variations in the local incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the United States, but their impact in Australia is less explored.
The new:
The incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections was higher in Victorian postcodes with larger proportions of people who were unemployed, without paid leave benefits, or experiencing mortgage or rent stress, and in areas with higher population and housing density or larger proportions of people who speak languages other than English at home.
The implications:
The disparate local incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Victoria during 2020 suggest that socio-economic and other factors should be considered by public health policy for mitigating the impact of the pandemic.
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