Victoria has recorded an outbreak high 80 local COVID cases in the past 24 hours:
Reported yesterday: 80 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas.
– 33,932 vaccine doses were administered
– 56,248 test results were received
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/mca8o1PZIW— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) August 25, 2021
Of the 80 local cases, 67 are linked to current outbreaks and 39 have been in quarantine throughout their infectious period. This means that 41 people were floating in the community.
The next chart plots Victoria’s daily cases this outbreak:
New outbreak high.
And here’s how Victoria’s daily cases (staring at 7 August) are tracking against NSW’s outbreak at the same point in time (staring at 12 June):
NSW ahead at the same point.
Victoria’s active cases are now approaching 600 and are still rising fast:
Toward 600 and beyond!
The scheduled ending of Melbourne’s lockdown on 2 September is looking highly unlikely.
