There are 219 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 13 active cases in ICU, including 7 on a ventilator, and an additional 14 cleared cases in ICU.
5,990,670 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 5,857 administered yesterday at state-run centres. 694 of the doses administered yesterday were for children aged 5 to 11 years, 373 of which were second doses.
60.8 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses. 55.8 per cent of Victorians aged between 5 and 11 years have had one dose.
5,046 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:
- 3,290 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
- 1,756 who returned a positive result on a PCR test
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of four deaths of people aged in their 70s and 80s. These deaths all occurred in late January.
This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,594.
There are 39,451 active cases in Victoria.
15,151 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 19,586,019.
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