Victoria’s COVID outbreak explodes

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Victoria’s COVID outbreak has gone from bad to worse, with 1,438 new locally acquired cases recorded over the past 24 hours and five deaths:

Reported yesterday: 1,438 new local cases and 0 cases acquired overseas.
– 34,323 vaccines administered
– 65,497 test results received
– Sadly, 5 people with COVID-19 have died

More later: https://t.co/OCCFTAtS1P #COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData pic.twitter.com/odC4gg8pEf

— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) September 29, 2021

The next chart plots the breakout:

Cases have soared way past NSW:

And active cases have soared past 11,000:

Finally, Victoria’s Reff has risen to 1.37, according to COVIDBaseAu:

Depressing times in Melbourne.

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.