Victoria was notified of 450 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. All were locally acquired cases.
There are 2,793 active cases in Victoria - 2,789 locally acquired and four overseas-acquired cases.
There are 143 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria. 34 of those cases are in intensive care, with 26 cases on a ventilator.
Of the cases in hospital yesterday, 89 per cent were not vaccinated and 11 per cent had received one dose. No COVID-19 patients in hospital in Victoria were fully vaccinated.
The total number of confirmed cases in Victoria since the beginning of the pandemic is 24,744. Three historic cases were reclassified yesterday.
Outbreaks
Of the 450 local cases diagnosed yesterday, 75 were linked to current cases and outbreaks as of early this morning. More cases are expected to be linked today to current cases and outbreaks as investigations continue.
The following Local Government Areas recorded more than one newly diagnosed case yesterday:
- 7 cases in Banyule
- 20 cases in Brimbank
- 4 cases in Casey
- 20 cases in Darebin
- 2 cases in Frankston
- 6 cases in Greater Dandenong
- 4 cases in Greater Geelong
- 16 cases in Hobsons Bay
- 166 cases in Hume
- 2 cases in Manningham
- 2 cases in Maribyrnong
- 6 cases in Melbourne
- 7 cases in Melton
- 9 cases in Moonee Valley
- 88 cases in Moreland
- 3 cases in Port Phillip
- 3 cases in Whitehorse
- 41 cases in Whittlesea
- 25 cases in Wyndham
- 6 cases in Yarra
Data on Victorian coronavirus cases are available at Victorian COVID-19 data.
More than 65 per cent of yesterday's cases in Victoria are in Melbourne's northern suburbs. There continues to be a steady growth in the number of cases in the northern suburbs.
There were 10 cases reported yesterday in regional Victoria. Four were in Greater Geelong, one in Cohuna, one in Daylesford, one in Healesville, one in Shepparton, one in Bacchus Marsh and one in Beveridge.
Of Victoria's active cases:
- 407 are aged between 0 and 9
- 449 are aged between 10 and 19
- 697 are aged between 20 and 29
- 485 are aged between 30 and 39
Around 85 per cent of all active cases in Victoria are aged under 50.
There are currently 14,914 active primary close contacts in isolation in Victoria.
At midday today, there were 972 published exposure sites in Victoria.
For more information on each exposure site, including dates and times of exposure, please visit Case alerts - public exposure sites.
There may be occasions when the Department is unable to make contact with a business or residential premises before their listing as an exposure site. At all times, we take the decision of when to publish these sites in the interests of public health.
The Department regularly manages exposure sites that it doesn't publish online, particularly if these sites represent lower-risk exposure, or if they have comprehensive record-keeping and contact-tracing measures, or if they identify small, private locations - including smaller apartment or townhouse complexes.
COVID-19 wastewater detection in Ballarat
There have been repeat unexpected wastewater detections in the Ballarat South area from samples collected over the last fortnight.
The detections could be the result of a person in the area who has recovered from COVID-19 but is still shedding the virus or it could be an undiscovered new case.
Anyone who lives, works or has visited the following suburbs is urged to watch for the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms and to get tested as soon as possible if symptoms develop:
Alfredton, Bakery Hill, Ballarat Central, Ballarat East, Ballarat North, Black Hill, Bonshaw, Brown Hill, Buninyong, Canadian, Cardigan, Delacombe, Eureka, Golden Point, Invermay Park, Lake Gardens, Lake Wendouree, Lucas, Mount Clear, Mount Helen, Mount Pleasant, Nerrina, Newington, Redan, Sebastopol, Smythes Creek, Soldiers Hill, Warrenheip and Wendouree.
More information about wastewater testing is available at Wastewater testing.
Vaccines
Yesterday was the fourth record day in a row for vaccinations with 39,148 vaccine doses administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services.
The total number of doses administered through these services is 2,797,399.
Victoria stands at 65.2 per cent of the eligible population who has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as we move closer to our 70 per cent first dose milestone.
We are now just 130,000 jabs away from our one million doses target in five weeks.
More than 58,000 vaccination bookings were made yesterday, taking us to more than 340,000 bookings made this week.
Over the next seven days, there are more than 11,000 first-dose AstraZeneca appointments available.
Bookings can be made via Victoria's online booking system at Book your vaccine appointment
