Victoria has recorded another 45 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
Reported yesterday: 45 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas.
– 31,629 vaccine doses were administered
– 53,321 test results were received
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/9r4LdG2c1T— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) August 24, 2021
Of the 45 local cases, 36 are linked to current outbreaks and 17 have been in quarantine throughout their infectious period. This means 19 were loose in the community.
Victoria’s daily COVID cases are shown below with case numbers starting to fall:
Daily cases falling.
However, active cases have continued to rise to around 550:
Active cases still rising.
After 205 days of lockdown for Melburnians since the pandemic began, there is some light at the end of the tunnel.
