BREAKING: There are new outbreaks at two Victorian health facilities, while infections at a major inner-city hospital have soared past 150.
Chief medical officer Brett Sutton said he expected numbers to fall below 150 next week.
“There’s a decrease in the number of people being hospitalised, in ICU and people ventilated so the overall trend is positive and next week if we carry on like this I expect to see numbers below 150.”
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