Victoria has recorded 57 new locally acquired COVID cases:
Reported yesterday: 57 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas.
– 27,581 vaccine doses were administered
– 49,607 test results were received
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/8Bqckira3x— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) August 18, 2021
Of the 57 locally-acquired cases, 54 are linked to known outbreaks and 44 have been in isolation for the entirety of their infectious period. This means that 13 were infectious in the community.
The rise in infections is partly connected to Al-Taqwa College in Truganina, outside of Melbourne, where students and staff are currently in isolation.
The next chart shows the spike in daily case numbers:
Big jump.
Victoria now has around 290 active recorded local COVID cases:
Still rising.
The bad news comes as Melburnians endure their 200th day of hard lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic.
