There are 687 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria - with 52 active cases in ICU, including 31 on a ventilator, and an additional 28 cleared cases in ICU.
5,709,710 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services, with 17,381 administered yesterday at state-run centres. 1,399 of the doses administered yesterday were for children aged 5 to 11.
43.8 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 93.6 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses. 48.1 per cent of Victorians between 5 and 11 have had one dose.
7,810 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes:
- 5,099 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test
- 2,711 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of 41 deaths of people aged in their 50s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 100s. Of today's reported deaths, 11 were recorded as occurring in the past two days with a further 23 deaths that occurred in the past week and an additional six deaths occurred in the past fortnight. One death was a historic case.
This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,165.
There are 63,409 active cases in Victoria.
22,096 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 19,043,054.
Updates
More school pop-up vaccination sites open this weekend
15 pop-up vaccination clinics are open this weekend at primary schools in Victoria to deliver more vaccines into local communities.
Children do not have to attend these schools to get a vaccine and the pop-up sites are available for people of any age to get their COVID-19 vaccines.
The pop-up school sites are: Bairnsdale Primary, Craigieburn Primary, Hume Valley School, Keilor Views Primary, Melton Primary, Mildura Primary, Moomba Park Primary, Mossgiel Park Primary, Narre Warren South P-12 College, Roslyn Primary, Spring Parks Primary, St Georges Road Primary in Shepparton, Tarneit P-9 College, William Ruthven Secondary School and Wodonga South Primary.
Third doses for 16 to 17-year-olds
In just the first two days since they were made eligible, 4,318 Victorian 16 to 17-year-olds have received their third dose of COVID-19 vaccine at state-run clinics, GPs and pharmacies.
All Victorian state-run vaccination centres are able to vaccinate eligible 16 to 17-year-olds with their third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The third dose for this age group is the adult Pfizer vaccine given three months after the second dose, as recommended by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation.
Bookings for vaccinations can be made now online or by calling 1800 675 398.
- Report your positive Rapid Antigen Test or find more information about Rapid Antigen Tests
