There are 253 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 10 active cases in ICU, including 4 on a ventilator, and an additional 9 cleared cases in ICU.
6,094,163 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 4,501 administered yesterday at state-run centres.
64.6 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.3 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses.
9,244 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:
- 6,033 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
- 3,211 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.
Sadly, the Department was notified of 9 deaths yesterday of people aged in their 50s, 80s, and 90s. Six of today’s reported deaths occurred in the past week, one occurred in early March and two occurred in February.
This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,713.
There are 54,666 active cases in Victoria.
17,784 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 19,860,220.
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