There are 250 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 9 active cases in ICU, including 4 on a ventilator, and an additional 9 cleared cases in ICU.
6,099,650 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 5,462 administered yesterday at state-run centres.
64.8 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.
8,349 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:
- 5,523 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
- 2,826 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.
Sadly, the Department was notified of 9 deaths yesterday of people aged in their 20s, 80s, 90s and 100s. Seven of today’s reported deaths occurred in the past three days and the remaining two deaths occurred in early March.
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