Coronavirus update for Victoria 5 April 2022

There are 339 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria - with 10 active cases in ICU, including 4 on a ventilator, and an additional 8 cleared cases in ICU.

6,142,287 vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services, with 2,601 administered yesterday at state-run centres.

66.1 per cent of Victorians aged 18 and over have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 94.4 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have had two doses.

12,007 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded yesterday. This includes 8,745 who tested positive on a Rapid Antigen Test and 3,262 who returned a positive result on a PCR test.

Sadly, the Department was notified of eight deaths yesterday of people aged in their 70s and 80s. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 2,763.

There are 63,003 active cases in Victoria.

17,570 PCR tests were processed yesterday. The total number of PCR tests performed in Victoria since the

pandemic began is 20,074,813.

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