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Coronavirus update for Victoria – Sunday 24 October 2021

COVID-19 Data

Yesterday, 39,250 vaccine doses were administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services. The total number of doses administered through state-run services is 4,428,506.

91.2 per cent of Victorians aged 16 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 73.7 per cent have had two doses. This excludes most recent Commonwealth data.

There are 787 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria. 146 of those cases are in intensive care, with 93 cases on a ventilator.

Of the cases in intensive care yesterday, 93 per cent were not fully vaccinated.

Victoria was notified of 1,935 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. All cases were local. The 10 Local Government Areas with the highest number of new cases are Casey, Cardinia, Frankston, Melton, Wyndham, Greater Dandenong, Whittlesea, Hume, Brimbank and Moreland.

All locations containing new cases are published at .

There are 24,993 active cases in Victoria. The total number of confirmed cases in Victoria since the beginning of the pandemic is 78,763.

Sadly, the Department was notified of 11 deaths yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 1,041.

  • A person in their 50s
  • A person in their 60s
  • Four people in their 70s
  • Three people in their 80s
  • Two people in their 90s

69,624 COVID-19 tests were processed yesterday. The total number of tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 12,863,477.

There are currently more than 76,000 active primary close contacts in isolation in Victoria.

Updates

Restrictions will ease again at 6pm on 29 October, thanks to so many Victorians taking action to protect themselves and their community.

For more information, visit .

Links and contacts

  • Current restrictions in
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  • , including how to book and where to go
  • Current list of
  • Find your nearest
  • Get $450 if you have to isolate after a test and other available
  • Delivering the national plan –
  • Victoria’s
  • The Commonwealth’s
  • How to get your
  • What to do if you have
  • What to do if you are a of a person diagnosed with COVID-19

To access the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Victoria, visit the

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