Coronavirus update for Victoria 27 April 2022

There are 456 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria - with 28 active cases in ICU, including 8 on a ventilator, and an additional 4 cleared cases in ICU.

6,193,960 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services, with 2,819 administered yesterday at state-run centres.

67.5 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.5 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had 2 doses.

10,734 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes 7,833 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test and 2,901 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.

Sadly, the Department was notified of 13 deaths yesterday of people aged in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. All of today's reported deaths occurred in the past week including 7 that occurred in the past 2 days. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,932.

There are 51,835 active cases in Victoria.

15,519 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 20,459,742.

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