Victoria recorded 43 new COVID-19 infections overnight alongside 9 deaths.
Infections continue to trend down:
And Victoria is slowly grinding towards the thresholds required to remove draconian lockdowns:
NSW, by comparison, recorded only 10 new COVID-19 infections, with only 4 locally acquired:
NSW also continues to school Victoria on virus outbreak management:
Active cases in Victoria have fallen to 1,336 versus only 149 in NSW:
COVID-19 deaths have risen to 710 in Victoria:
Whereas the infection rate is about to cross 300 per 100,000 residents:
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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