Coronavirus update for Victoria 2 May 2022

There are 456 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 22 active cases in ICU, including 4 on a ventilator, and an additional 4 cleared cases in ICU.

6,204,155 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 876 administered yesterday at state-run centres.

67.8 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.6 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses.

8,109 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes 5,851 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test and 2,258 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.

Sadly, the Department was notified of one death yesterday of a person aged in their 90s. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,975.

There are 56,158 active cases in Victoria.

12,437 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 20,543,926.

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