Victoria has recorded another COVID-19 increase with a jump of more than 300 cases. 7NEWS
On Monday, the health department confirmed there had beenSee the video above for more on a Sydney hospital’s serious COVID-19 blunderMore than 92.8 per cent of Victorians aged over 12 have now had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine.
Hospitalisations in the state are remaining steady at 368 and of those, 80 are in ICU and 38 are on a ventilator.AAPIMAGE Until Monday, the state had been on a slight downward trend in cases with 1608 recorded on Sunday and 2108 on Saturday. On Sunday, huge queues of people lined up before testing sites even opened and again, many were turned away as they quickly reached capacity.
Acting sports minister Jaala Pulford recognised the additional pressure that’s been put on testing sites over the past week.
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