Awash? The numbers are well down. A million tests done on a day last week and around 0.5-1% of tests coming back positive. Some way to go, but by late spring we will be back in a much better place.
UK: 4700 new cases this week, 65 deaths this week. Total deaths 125,000
Australia: 100 cases, 0 deaths this week. Total deaths 909.
Population UK: 66.6 million
Population Australia: 25.4 million
66.6/25.4 = 2.6
Yes, I would call that awash despite the "numbers are well down".