Victoria has recorded another 35 COVID-related deaths as hospitalisations continue to increase. 7NEWS
Victoria’s unprecedented hospital emergency settings will remain in place, with health services still under “enormous strain” from the Omicron wave of COVID-19.
A first system-wide “code brown” declaration was enacted in Melbourne hospitals and six regional ones last week, as health authorities forecast up to 2500 virus patients by early February.Since then, Victorian health services deputy controller Adam Horsburgh said there had been a drop in triple-0 calls and emergency presentations.
The number of healthcare staff forced into the isolation as confirmed COVID-19 cases or close contacts has also fallen from more than 4000, to about 3500 on any given day. Healthcare workers are seen whilst administering COVID-19 Rapid Antigen tests on Campus at Firbank Grammar School.