NSW recorded 29,830 new COVID cases over the past 24 hours alongside 36 deaths:
Victoria recorded 20,180 new cases and 22 deaths:
Daily cases since the beginning of the Delta waves last winter are plotted below:
Active cases across both NSW and Victoria seem to have passed their peak:
Hospitalisations are still rising in NSW:
But have finally fallen in Victoria:
Daily deaths have soared to new highs in NSW and are tracking at high levels in Victoria:
Finally, total deaths have surged upward across both NSW and Victoria:
At least cases appear to have peaked, which should soon be followed by falling hospitalisations and deaths.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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