Victorian COVID infections surge

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The Victorian Department of Health has reported another 22 cases over the past 24 hours:

Of the 22 locally-acquired cases reported, all are linked to the current outbreaks. However, it is not yet clear what proportion of today’s cases were in isolation during their infectious period.

Today’s figure was the highest daily count this outbreak:

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VIC daily COVID cases

Biggest daily case count.

It takes Victoria’s active recorded COVID cases to 107:

VIC active COVID cases

Still rising.

Yesterday, the Victorian Government extended the state’s lockdown by another week to midnight next Tuesday. Hopefully it won’t need to be extended further.

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.