Victoria records 1612 COVID cases, 8 deaths

Victoria has recorded another 1612 locally acquired COVID cases and eight deaths:

Reported yesterday: 1,612 new local cases and 0 cases acquired overseas.
– 34,279 vaccines administered
– 73,138 test results received
– Sadly, 8 people with COVID-19 have died

More later: https://t.co/OCCFTAtS1P#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData pic.twitter.com/WSU1ie4JU6

— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) October 10, 2021

It was the lowest daily case count since 6 October:

However, active cases have climbed above 19,000:

2.204% of Victoria’s cases over the past 24 hours came back positive – a reduction from recent days, according to COVIDBaseAU:

Victoria’s Reff has also fallen to 1.23, suggesting cases should increase at a slower rate:

Some positive signs amid the Melbourne gloom.