Victoria’s Delta outbreak continues to spiral out of control.
The state recorded another 246 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours – the highest daily count this outbreak:
Reported yesterday: 246 new local cases and 0 new cases acquired overseas.
– 26,955 vaccine doses were administered
– 42,258 test results were receivedMore later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData [1/2] pic.twitter.com/5ETUfjc2hG
— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) September 5, 2021
Of these 246 new local cases, only 121 are linked to known cases and outbreaks. This means that around half are ‘mystery cases’.
The next chart shows the break-out in daily cases across Victoria:
Victoria’s daily cases are tracking worse than NSW’s at the same point in time:
Active local cases in Victoria have surged above 1600:
And they are tracking at the same pace as NSW, only around six weeks behind:
The only positive news is that Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday signalled that a few lockdown restrictions could be relaxed ahead of schedule, as modelling suggests that 70% of Victoria’s eligible population will have received at least one vaccine dose by 18 September.
