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Another three virus-related deaths were also reported by the health department on Monday, which is a public holiday to make up for New Year’s Day falling on Saturday.
The number of Victorian coronavirus patients in hospital care has risen to 491, up 19 on Sunday’s figure and 47 beyond the seven-day average.In total, Victoria is managing 38,118 active COVID-19 cases.Credit:Health authorities say virus testers managed to process 44,168 results in the 24 hours to Sunday evening.
In his daily update on Sunday, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said community sampling showed 76 per cent of all COVID-19 samples collected over the Christmas period were identified as the Omicron variant.Watch the video below to see Scott Morrison’s message to Australians amid the Omicron outbreakIf you’d like to view this content, please adjust your