The state's seven-day average for new cases has dipped below 200 for the first time in more than a month
Coronavirus transmission rates in Victoria have plummeted to their lowest point since June and the seven-day average for new cases has dipped below 200 for the first time in more than a month.
Deakin University epidemiology chair Catherine Bennett said the reproductive factor, which measures the rate at which those infected transmit the virus onto others, was hovering at 0.5, based on her calculations.That's a significant drop from a reproductive factor of 3, which Victoria reached according to her calculations when daily cases were at their peak in early August.The 0.
It is sitting at 195 - the last time the seven-day average was below 200 was back on July 12. Three weeks ago the seven-day average was just above 500.
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