Source: ABCnews
Victoria has recorded 1,612 new local cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, as the state edges closer to its vaccination goals.
The new cases were detected from 73,138 test results processed yesterday, and take the state’s active cases to 19,012.
There were 34,279 doses of vaccine were administered at state-run sites and thousands more at GPs and pharmacies.
The death toll for the current outbreak in Victoria now stands at 93.
More than 85 per cent of Victorians aged over 16 have had at least one dose of vaccine.
A small number of venues across regional Victoria have begun a “vaccinated economy” trial today, testing the systems the state plans to use when it hits the 70 per cent and 80 per cent vaccination thresholds outlined in its roadmaps to reopening.
But an outbreak at Mildura in the state’s north-west is growing, with more exposure sites listed online days after the rural city was placed into a week-long lockdown.
