Victoria’s COVID outbreak is much worse than NSW’s

Thursday 9 September 2021

COVID19data.com.au contains interesting charts suggesting that Victoria’s virus outbreak is actually much worse than NSW’s was at the same point in the outbreak:

Total cases:

Daily cases:

Wild cases:

Unlinked cases:

Effective reproduction rates:

This is worrying for long suffering Melburnians who are facing a bleak October.

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.