Victoria has recorded an outbreak high 120 new locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
Reported yesterday: 120 new local cases and no cases acquired overseas.
– 33,455 vaccines doses were administered
– 56,501 test results were received
– Sadly, 2 people with COVID-19 have died
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/UivzH9pHw9— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) August 31, 2021
Of the 120 locally acquired cases, 64 have been linked to known cases and outbreaks.
The next chart shows the spike in daily cases:
Massive spike.
There are now 900 active local cases recorded across the state:
VIC active local cases hit 900.
Meanwhile, yesterday’s data showed that the virus is exploding across Western Melbourne, but is contained elsewhere:
Western Melbourne pandemic.
The notion of elimination has been well and truly shattered by this data.
