Victorian COVID cases soar before reopening

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As Melbourne prepares to exit lockdown tonight, Victoria recorded a whopping 2232 new locally acquired COVID cases and 12 deaths:

NSW by comparison recorded 372 new locally acquired COVID cases and one death.

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The next chart plots the rise in daily cases across both states:

The next chart plots active cases across both jurisdictions:

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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:

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By comparison, only 0.43% of tests in NSW came back positive:

And NSW’s Reff is only at 0.72:

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It will be interesting watching how Victoria’s cases respond as Melbourne reopens.

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.