Victoria records outbreak high 514 COVID cases

Victorian has recorded another 514 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours – a new outbreak high:

Reported yesterday: 514 new local cases and 0 cases acquired overseas.
– 41,758 vaccines administered
– 61,961 test results received

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— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) September 15, 2021

Most are mystery cases. Of the 514 local cases, only 148 have been linked to known cases and outbreaks.

The next chart plots Victoria’s daily cases since the beginning of this outbreak:

Victoria’s daily cases continue to run way ahead of NSW at the same point in their outbreak:

Victoria’s active cases have climbed to 4370:

And its active cases are running ahead of NSW at the same point in time:

Yesterday, the entire regional city of Ballarat was placed in lockdown after another four COVID-19 cases were detected. This outbreak was believed to have been seeded from a construction worker that worked on Melbourne sites.

On a brighter note, the lockdown in Shepparton ended yesterday after its outbreak was brought under control.