Victoria has recorded another 24 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
Reported yesterday: 24 new local cases and no new case acquired overseas.
– 27,173 vaccine doses were administered
– 39,832 test results were received
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/dESMp3ZkAy— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) August 17, 2021
Of the 24 locally-acquired cases, 20 are linked to known outbreaks and 18 have been in isolation for the entirety of their infectious period. This means that 6 were infectious in the community.
As shown below, Victoria’s daily cases remain stubbornly stuck above 20 cases a day:
Stubbornly high
Victoria’s active recorded cases continue to rise and are approaching 250:
Cases still rising
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