There are 644 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – 58 active cases in ICU, with 24 of those on a ventilator. There are an additional 48 cleared cases in ICU.
5,096,518 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 20,726 administered yesterday at state-run centres.
94.5 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 93 per cent have had two doses. This excludes the most recent Commonwealth data.
13 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Victoria was notified of 21,728 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. All cases were locally acquired except for one, which was acquired overseas. The 10 LGAs with the highest number of new cases are Casey, Melbourne, Brimbank, Melton, Hume, Greater Dandenong, Moreland, Port Phillip, Stonnington and Wyndham.
All locations containing new cases will be published today at .
There are 69,680 active cases in Victoria. The total number of confirmed cases in Victoria since the beginning of the pandemic is 274,123.
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of six deaths of people aged in their 70s, 80s and 90s. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 1,565.
68,202 COVID-19 tests were processed yesterday. The total number of tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 17,766,172.
Updates
Mandatory reporting of positive Rapid Antigen Tests
From today, anyone who tests positive on a Rapid Antigen Test is considered to be a probable case of COVID-19 and must immediately isolate for seven days and notify their contacts – just like those who test positive on a PCR test.
Anyone with a positive Rapid Antigen Test must report their result online at or call the Coronavirus Hotline on 1800 675 398. Interpreter services are available by selecting Option 0.
