Coronavirus update for Victoria 1 May 2022

There are 437 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria - with 26 active cases in ICU, including 3 on a ventilator, and an additional 4 cleared cases in ICU.

6,203,279 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services, with 2,389 administered yesterday at state-run centres.

67.7 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.5 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses.

7,654 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes 5,095 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test and 2,559 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.

Sadly, the Department was notified of 7 deaths yesterday of people aged in their 60s, 80s and 90s. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,974.

There are 55,513 active cases in Victoria.

14,866 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 20,531,489.

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