The Victorian Government has recorded another 20 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours, 15 of which were infectious in the community:
Reported yesterday: 20 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas.
– 22,670 vaccine doses were administered
– 34,892 test results were received
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/e8dVO7G12y— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) August 9, 2021
The number of coronavirus exposure sites has also swelled to almost 250, with 80 new sites added in the past 24 hours.
The next chart plots daily case numbers across Victoria, which remain stubbornly high:
There are now 108 active recorded COVID cases across the state:
It looks highly unlikely that Melbourne will emerge from lockdown at midnight Thursday. I’m tipping a minimum two-week lockdown.



