There are 322 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 18 active cases in ICU, including 5 on a ventilator, and an additional 25 cleared cases in ICU.
5,936,794 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 7,024 administered yesterday at state-run centres. 177 of the doses administered yesterday were for children aged 5 to 11 years.
57.1 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 93.9 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses. 54.6 per cent of Victorians aged between 5 and 11 years have had one dose.
6,715 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:
- 4,486 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
- 2,229 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of 16 deaths of people aged in their 50s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Six of these deaths occurred in the past two days and a further five deaths occurred in the past week. One death occurred on 12 February and four of today’s reported deaths occurred in late January and early February.
This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,426.
There are 41,257 active cases in Victoria.
21,222 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 19,415,349.
Updates
Easing of mask rules
As hospitalisation rates decline and third dose vaccination rates increase, several sensible changes to pandemic orders and public health recommendations in Victoria will come into effect at 11:59pm tomorrow night, Friday 25 February.
Public health recommendations for Victorians to work and study from home will be removed, while masks will no longer be required in most indoor settings.
Masks will only be required indoors in particular circumstances unless an exemption applies.
