There are 869 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 34 active cases in ICU, including 12 on a ventilator, and an additional 5 cleared cases in ICU.
6,312,578 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services.
69 per cent of Victorians aged 16 and over have had 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.7 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had 2 doses.
12,339 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes 10,153 who tested positive on a rapid antigen test and 2,186 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.
Sadly, the Department was notified of 40 reported deaths yesterday of people aged in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 100s. Of the reported deaths, 26 occurred in June and the remainder in July.
The Victorian Department of Health regularly undertakes reviews and audits of the State’s reported deaths to ensure the accuracy of our COVID-19 mortality figures.
The Victorian Department of Health is formally notified of deaths of people known to have COVID-19 via a number of different sources, including the Victorian Death Index, VICNISS, the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, local public health units, and the Coroner. The department updates its confirmed death statistics daily.
The total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began remains 4,401. The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in Victoria so far this year is 2,790.
There are 70,378 active cases in Victoria.
10,153 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 21,760,337.
