There are 283 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 16 active cases in ICU, including 7 on a ventilator, and an additional 26 cleared cases in ICU.
5,962,861 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 4,845 administered yesterday at state-run centres. 251 of the doses administered yesterday were for children aged 5 to 11 years.
58.9 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses. 55.2 per cent of Victorians aged between 5 and 11 years have had one dose.
5,852 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:
- 4,329 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
- 1,523 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of three deaths of people aged in their 80s and 90s.
This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,472.
There are 41,205 active cases in Victoria.
13,747 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 19,481,752.
