Victoria’s COVID outbreak surges by 80 cases

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Victoria has recorded an outbreak high 80 local COVID cases in the past 24 hours:

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:

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VIC daily cases

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):

Daily COVID cases

NSW ahead at the same point.

Victoria’s active cases are now approaching 600 and are still rising fast:

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Victorian active cases

Toward 600 and beyond!

The scheduled ending of Melbourne’s lockdown on 2 September is looking highly unlikely.

About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.