Australia’s COVID-19 infections jump

Thursday, 8 October 2020

Australia recorded 23 new COVID-19 infections overnight, well up on 10 cases recorded yesterday:

Victoria recorded 11 new infections, with Melbourne’s 14-day moving average falling only slightly to 9.7, still nearly double the 5 average required to ease draconian restrictions on 19 October:

Six of those 11 cases are linked to known outbreaks and five are still under investigation.

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.