Victoria has recorded another 41 coronavirus deaths, by far the largest daily count of the pandemic to date. But the majority of the deaths reported today actually occurred weeks ago.
Professor Sutton said aged care facilities had reporting obligations to both the Commonwealth and state governments.
In early August, the Commonwealth strengthened their reporting obligations to ensure the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre , which has been set up to deal with the crisis in aged care, had accurate figures. Professor Sutton said there had been a catch-up period to ensure the VACRC had "absolutely definitive data" on deaths that occurred in aged care residents with coronavirus.
"Of course all of those deaths have been known to the facility, they have of course been known to the families of those residents," Professor Sutton said. "But we will continue to reconcile with the Commonwealth numbers and to have a single source of truth in terms of reporting that."Professor Sutton said there may still be more historical aged care deaths yet to be reported, but he believed "most of these number are resolved".
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