Victoria records 950 COVID cases, 7 deaths

Tuesday 28 September 2021

Victoria’s COVID outbreak continues to worsen, recording 950 locally acquired COVID cases and seven deaths:

Reported yesterday: 950 new local cases and 0 cases acquired overseas.
– 34,028 vaccines administered
– 61,322 test results received
– Sadly, 7 people with COVID-19 have died

More later: https://t.co/OCCFTAtS1P #COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData pic.twitter.com/U59hwEnpLx

— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) September 28, 2021

The next chart plots the rise in daily cases:

Victoria’s daily cases continue to run well ahead of NSW’s:

Whereas active cases have climbed to nearly 9,900:

Finally, Victoria’s Reff is 1.30, according to COVIDBaseAU:

Another bad set of numbers.

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.