New Active Cases. 1 in South Gippsland and 1 in Baw Baw
The health department is now reporting active cases in each council area, this may not be where the person resides, or where they acquired the infection.
Today 38,000 tests were processed and reported, the biggest day of testing so far, to make the biggest daily case numbers as well, with another 288 cases diagnosed. Also there were 2 local cases diagnosed, one in South Gippsland and one in the Baw Baw Shire. There are no further details known about these 2 cases. Except all cases are strictly isolated and contract tracing is occurring.
With this large rise in numbers we must all now modify our behavior. We are all at risk, and worse still, at risk of passing it on to the vulnerable members of our families and communities.
Victoria has recorded 288 new cases of coronavirus since yesterday, with the total number of cases now at 3379.
The overall total has increased by 281, after seven cases were reclassified – largely due to duplication.
Within Victoria, 26 of the new cases are linked to outbreaks and 262 are under investigation. No cases have been detected in returned travellers in hotel quarantine.
There have been no deaths reported since yesterday. To date, 22 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria.
509 cases may indicate community transmission
1172 cases are currently active in Victoria
47 cases of coronavirus are in hospital, including 12 in intensive care
2,183 people have recovered from the virus
Of the total cases, 3,002 cases are from metropolitan Melbourne, while 272 are from regional Victoria
Total cases include 1,778 men and 1,576 women
More than 1,068,000 tests have been processed to date
Stage 3 “Stay at Home” restrictions are in force across metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire.
“These restrictions have become necessary because of the sharp increase in cases,” said Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.
“If you live in these areas, there’ll be only four reasons to leave your home: shopping for food and essential items; care and caregiving; daily exercise; and work and study, if you can’t do it from home.
“Restaurants and cafes will return to takeaway and delivery services only, and beauty and personal services will need to close. Entertainment and cultural venues will need to close. Community sport will also stop.
“This Stay at Home direction will apply to your principal place of residence – which means you need to stay home and not use a holiday home.
“These are tough measures, but this virus is not selective – it will impact anyone it encounters, and personal contact is the clear source of its transmission. We need everyone to do their part and ensure it is stopped in its tracks.”
Just
– social distance
– hand hygiene
– isolate and get tested if unwell.
If you have respiratory symptoms get tested.
If you speak to people who have relatives in the counties that had huge numbers of Covid cases, for example Italy and England, they all got through, they kept to themselves, did the right thing and waited patiently until it passed.
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