Australia’s Delta outbreak continues to grow.
First, Victoria recorded another 183 cases today with only 101 linked to known cases and outbreaks:
Reported yesterday: 183 new local cases and 0 new cases acquired overseas.
– 29,950 vaccine doses were administered
– 48,487 test results were receivedMore later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/ZbMdc2j30q
— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) September 4, 2021
Victoria’s daily case numbers have broken higher:
And active cases have risen above 1400:
The picture is obviously worse in NSW, which today recorded another 1,485 locally acquired COVID cases:
NSW recorded 1,485 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/VhSj26LGWh
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) September 5, 2021
Three more people in NSW died with COVID:
- A woman in her 50s;
- A woman in her 70s; and
- A man in his 70s.
There have been 126 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021.
There are currently 1,030 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 175 people in intensive care, 72 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart plots NSW’s daily cases against Victoria’s since the beginning of the current outbreaks:
Below is the same comparison, this time for active local cases, whereby NSW has climbed to around 24,000:
Victoria’s virus cases continue to track around 6 weeks behind NSW.
