Northern Territory
The Northern Territory recorded no new cases overnight, and experienced its third highest day of vaccinations of the pandemic so far, with 2444 doses being administered yesterday.
There are currently 21 active cases in the Northern Territory.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner told in a press conference this morning that the entirety of Robinson River had now been tested, with a large number of those tests expected to be returned later today.
He also said that of the eligible population, just 15 people were yet to receive their first vaccine dose in Robinson River, but that they’re all now wanting to be vaccinated as soon as today.
49 people from Robinson River have so far been transported to the Centre for National Resilience in Howard Springs for isolation and treatment purposes, including eight people being transported today.
NSW
New South Wales recorded 262 new cases to 8pm last night, and 3 deaths. There were two men in their 50s and 60s who were unvaccinated, and a woman in her 90s who was fully-vaccinated.
The Hunter New England Local Health District recorded 53 new cases — 21 in MidCoast, 13 in Moree Plains, 6 in Newcastle, 3 in Cessnock, 3 in Lake Macquarie, 3 in Port Stephens, 3 in Tamworth and 1 in Singleton.
The Western NSW Local Health District recorded six new cases — five in Bathurst and one in Orange.
The Far West Local Health District recorded one case in Broken Hill.
Victoria
In Victoria there were 1007 new cases recorded to midnight last night, and twelve deaths.
Regional Victoria recorded 121 new cases, including 27 in Geelong, 22 in Shepparton, 13 in Baw Baw, 9 in East Gippsland and 6 in Latrobe.
There are now 286 active cases in Greater Shepparton, 286 in Greater Geelong, 266 in Latrobe and 60 in Mildura.
Here's the full breakdown of today's case numbers across regional Victoria's LGAs -
- Ballarat 1
- Bass Coast 3
- Baw Baw 13
- Bendigo 6
- Campaspe 3
- Colac-Otway 1
- East Gippsland 9
- Geelong 27
- Golden Plains 1
- Hindmarsh 1
- Latrobe 7
- Macedon Ranges 3
- Mansfield 1
- Mildura 1
- Mitchell Shire 5
- Moira 6
- Moorabool 3
- Shepparton 22
- South Gippsland 3
- Surf Coast 3
- Wodonga 2
Premier Dan Andrews announced a significant easing of COVID restrictions set to take effect at 11.59pm tonight. These include no limits on the number of visitors in a home or outdoor public place regardless of vaccination status.
For the fully-vaccinated, capacity and density limits have been removed for most activities, such as restaurants, pubs, clubs, cinemas, events, tourism venues, retail venues, weddings, funerals and gyms.
However there are still limits in place for the fully-vaccinated in high risk settings settings such as care facilities and hospitals.
Quarantine and restrictions state by state:
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There are changes to the COVID-19 Disaster Payment once states reach 70 and 80 per cent fully vaccinated:
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