Aged care crisis, young people in the ICU and mandatory masks – Victoria is on a terrifying COVID trajectory. How will it end?
Victoria has recorded 397 new infections overnight, a welcome drop after the state recorded it’s two deadliest daily case totals in the past two days.
But three more have died, taking the state’s death toll to 116. A man and woman in their 80s, and a woman in her 90s died overnight.
A total of 379 Victorians are in hospital, with 41 in intensive care.
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Of the 397 cases, 37 were linked to outbreaks and 360 were under investigation.
“This is a very significant number of new cases and while it’s tempting to read into the trends there is a growing concern for community transmission,†Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Saturday morning.
49 MYSTERY CASES
Of Victoria’s new infections recorded in “recent days†49 are “mystery casesâ€.
Mr Andrews warned this meant contacts could not be traced back to the point of infection.
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