There are 358 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 24 active cases in ICU, including 12 on a ventilator, and an additional 27 cleared cases in ICU.
5,906,838 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 11,413 administered yesterday at state-run centres. 742 of the doses administered yesterday were for children aged 5 to 11 years.
55.2 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 93.8 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses. 54 per cent of Victorians aged between 5 and 11 years have had one dose.
4,867 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:
- 3,141 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
- 1,726 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of nine deaths of people aged in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,376.
There are 46,703 active cases in Victoria.
17,132 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 19,344,636.
