There were 48,487 test results processed and 29,950 vaccines administered at state-run sites as the state pushes to get vaccination rates ahead of a rapidly growing outbreak.
Victoria has recorded 183 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as the state pushes to get vaccination rates ahead of a rapidly growing outbreak.The state has stopped providing detail on how many people were in the community while infectious as contact tracers deal with hundreds of new cases.The new local cases were found from 48,487 test results processed on Saturday.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton yesterday said the state had "held a tsunami of cases back for 20 months"."But we've also got a proper pathway out of here with vaccination, so hold the line in these last weeks and months, until we get the high vaccination coverage." The state saw a significant jump in cases during the week, from 73 on Monday to a high of 208 from Thursday's tests. The number of people in intensive care units across the state has steadily risen along with infection rates.concerns Victoria's health system would not be able to cope with an influx of COVID patientsA new COVID-19 pandemic ward opened at the Northern Hospital in Epping on Friday afternoon, with 20 of the 24 beds already filled by Saturday.
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