Victoria has reported 61 additional deaths from COVID-19 after the chief health officer said the state was being “challenged” as it hit what may be the peak of a third Omicron wave. | Ash_McMillan
Victoria has reported 61 additional deaths from COVID-19 after the chief health officer said the state was being “challenged” as it hit what may be the peak of a third Omicron wave.
He said the average number of daily deaths over the past two weeks was about 19, which was “relatively stable, but of course that number is of great concern and is too high”. Victoria was not the only state to be hampered by delays in reporting of COVID-19 data. Queensland revealed a total of 18,678 new cases on Saturday morning, due to a backlog of PCR results being loaded into the system.There were 8937 new virus cases recorded in Victoria on Saturday and more than 66,500 active cases of COVID-19.The number of people with COVID-19 in Victorian hospitals reached 837 on Saturday. Thirty-eight people were in intensive care and 10 were on a ventilator.