Coronavirus update for Victoria 8 May 2022

There are 491 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – with 32 active cases in ICU, including 8 on a ventilator, and an additional 6 cleared cases in ICU.

6,214,249 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-commissioned services, with 1,823 administered yesterday at state-run centres.

66.6 per cent of Victorians aged 16 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.5 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses.

8,744 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes 5,769 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test and 2,975 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.

Sadly, the Department was notified of four deaths yesterday of people aged in their 30s, 70s and 90s. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 3,034.

There are 61,366 active cases in Victoria.

17,038 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 20,648,572.

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