Coronavirus update for Victoria 10 May 2022

There are 519 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 23 active cases in ICU, including 7 on a ventilator, and an additional 11 cleared cases in ICU.

6,216,466 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 1,696 administered yesterday at state-run centres.

66.6 per cent of Victorians aged 16 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.5 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses.

12,722 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes 10,182 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test and 2,540 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.

Sadly, the Department was notified of 18 deaths yesterday in people aged in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 3,052.

There are 64,772 active cases in Victoria.

13,730 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 20,675,374.

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