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There are 284 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 14 active cases in ICU, including 6 on a ventilator, and an additional 19 cleared cases in ICU.

6,117,874 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 3,986 administered yesterday at state-run centres.

65.2 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.3 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses.

10,916 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:

• 8,324 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
• 2,592 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.

Sadly, the Department was notified of five deaths yesterday.

This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,732.

There are 57,372 active cases in Victoria.

25,350 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 19,934,391.

Updates

Winter dose in state-run centres

ATAGI has recommended a ‘winter’ dose of COVID-19 vaccine to increase protection for certain groups of people at greatest risk of severe illness from COVID-19. These groups are:

• adults aged 65 years and older
• residents of aged care or disability care facilities
• people aged 16 years and older who are severely immunocompromised
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years and older.

Eligible people can get their winter dose four or more months after receiving their third or fourth COVID-19 vaccination dose.

Winter doses are now available from all state-run vaccination centres. Eligible people can book their winter dose via or by calling the Coronavirus Hotline on 1800 675 398.

Primary care providers such as GPs, pharmacies and Aboriginal health services will administer winter doses from 4 April 2022.

To see ATAGI’s advice in full, visit: .

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