As Melbourne prepares to exit lockdown tonight, Victoria recorded a whopping 2232 new locally acquired COVID cases and 12 deaths:
Reported yesterday: 2,232 new local cases and 3 cases acquired overseas (currently in HQ).
– 37,824 vaccines administered
– 79,544 test results received
– Sadly, 12 people with COVID-19 have diedMore later: https://t.co/OCCFTAchah#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData pic.twitter.com/XHK2glmqsh
— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) October 20, 2021
NSW by comparison recorded 372 new locally acquired COVID cases and one death.
NSW COVID-19 update – Thursday 21 October 2021
In the 24-hour reporting period to 8pm last night:
– 92.5% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
– 82.3% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
– 86,235 tests pic.twitter.com/NZBcVB4Ome— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) October 20, 2021
The next chart plots the rise in daily cases across both states:
The next chart plots active cases across both jurisdictions:
A whopping 2.81% of tests in VIC over the past 24 hours came back positive, according to COVIDBaseAU:
Victoria’s Reff is at 1.01:
By comparison, only 0.43% of tests in NSW came back positive:
And NSW’s Reff is only at 0.72:
It will be interesting watching how Victoria’s cases respond as Melbourne reopens.