There are 752 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 58 active cases in ICU and 46 cleared cases in ICU, and 23 people on a ventilator.
5,133,532 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 15,739 administered yesterday at state-run centres.
94.6 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 93.1 per cent have had two doses. This excludes the most recent Commonwealth data.
16.4 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Victoria was notified of 44,155 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. This includes:
- 22,051 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test and who reported the result to the Department
- 22,104 who returned a positive result on a PCR test
Of those who reported a positive rapid antigen result yesterday, 8 January:
- Approximately 40 per cent undertook that test yesterday, 8 January
- Approximately 18 per cent undertook that test on 7 January
- Approximately 10 per cent undertook that test on each day of 3 to 6 January
- Approximately 2 per cent undertook that test on 2 January
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of four deaths of people aged in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 1,578.
The total number of cases in Victoria diagnosed on a PCR test since the beginning of the pandemic is 321,471. There are 146,863 active cases in Victoria initially diagnosed on either a PCR test or a rapid antigen test.
83,993 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 17,939,683.
Updates
Child vaccinations
Tomorrow, children aged 5 to 11 will be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the first time.
Getting your child vaccinated is so important – not just to give them the same protection that is enjoyed by the overwhelming majority of adults, but also to protect others that they might come into contact with, who are more vulnerable.
The Victorian Government announced today that the number of state-run centres coming online for child vaccinations will double, to 36.
