Victoria records 221 COVID cases as
state edges closer to vaccination target
Posted 17m ago
Victoria has recorded 221 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases.
Contact tracers have been able to link 98 of those cases to existing outbreaks.
The cases were among 42,429 test results processed on Tuesday, when 36,716 vaccine doses were delivered at state-run sites.
There are more than 950 venues listed as exposure sites across the state, including the waiting room of the emergency department of the Alfred Hospital.
Authorities have listed the waiting room as a tier 1 exposure site for September 6 between 5:37pm and 11:15pm after a person with COVID-19 was present.
An Alfred Health spokesperson said emergency department staff were working in PPE and no staff had been furloughed as a result of the exposure.
The Victorian government has committed to a slight easing of restrictions once 70 per cent of Victorians aged 16 years or older have had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.
That sits at 61.6 per cent, based on the Tuesday update from the federal Department of Health.
More to come.
