As Melburnians head into their 212th day of hard lockdown since the start of the pandemic, they have been greeted with the depressing news that the state’s COVID outbreak continues to spiral out of control, with another 176 new locally acquired cases reported overnight:
Reported yesterday: 176 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas.
– 33,720 vaccine doses were administered
– 48,372 test results were received
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/bguhXFw66S— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) September 1, 2021
Of the 176 locally acquired cases, 83 have been linked to known cases and outbreaks.
The next chart shows the breakout in new cases:
Daily cases exploding.
Victoria’s daily cases have now caught up with NSW’s at the same point in time:
Victoria turns NSW.
With Victoria’s active case numbers soaring past 1000:
Beyond 1000!
Soon Melbourne will hold the world record for the most locked-down city (currently held by Buenos Aires).
