But chief health officer Brett Sutton has warned infections will keep rising as the virus spreads rapidly through the north and western suburbs of Melbourne.It’s the fifth straight day Victoria has recorded more than 400 new cases as the outbreak continues to worsen, with Ballarat also now lockdown.No new deaths were announced on Thursday.Another 366 mystery infections were also revealed on Thursday, with only 148 of the new cases linked to existing outbreaks.More than 1220 mystery cases have been recorded since Monday.The health department did not say how many cases were in isolation during their infectious period.Vic Locally-acquired Covid-19The outbreak continues to hit Victoria’s younger population the worst with 85 per cent of the state’s active cases younger than 50.“We haven’t peaked unfortunately,” Professor Sutton said.“The risk of it getting to 1000 is real.“The modelling and everything we know in relation to our current vaccination coverage would suggest that cases will continue to increase – vaccination alone won’t mean that there’s a peak at the 400s.”No new cases were recorded in hotel quarantine on Thursday. More than 19,200 primary close contacts remain in isolation in Victoria.There are now 4370 active cases in Victoria.NED-3889-Melbourne-lockdown-restrictionsNED-4525-Regional-Victorias-new-restrictionsNSW ‘FREEDOM DAY’ COULD ARRIVE SOONERNSW is edging closer to “freedom day”, with new data suggesting the state could hit 70 per cent of its eligble population fully vaccinated a week earlier than first predicted.NSW has surged ahead over the last month in the race to vaccinate the nation with more than 80 per cent of the population aged 16 and older now having received one dose.Almost 49 per cent of eligible residents are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in NSW, which comes in just behind ACT at 53 per cent.Victoria is 42 per cent fully vaccinated.NSW is now expected to hit 70 per cent fully vaccinated on October 11, which is a week earlier than the first predicted date of October 18.Once the state hits the target, stay-at-home orders for fully vaccinated people will be lifted the following Monday.Fully vaccinated people will also be able to gather in private homes and public spaces, and attend hospitality venues, retail stores and gyms.NED-4339-New-South-Wales-LGAs-In-Lock-DownNational – 2021 – Covid Vaccination StatsQUEENSLAND OUTBREAK GROWSQueensland has recorded one new locally acquired Covid-19 case, linked to the Sir Thomas More College cluster. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the student was in home quarantine and had not been infectious in the community. The school cluster originated last week when a 13-year-old student tested positive, after a NSW essential worker stayed with her father. The virus spread throughout the family of five, and the school was immediately locked down. The new case comes amid a Queensland Health blitz this weekend to vaccinate as many people as possible. Pfizer vaccines will be available to all Queenslanders who walk into a state-hub this weekend, to drive up the lagging rate. Just 57.6 per cent of eligible Queenslanders have received their first dose of vaccine, and just 39.4 per cent are fully vaccinated. “It doesn’t matter where you get the vaccine from, as long as you get it,” Ms Palaszczuk told Parliament. “I summon Queenslanders to sign up for the jab army.”And, after the success of a pop-up vaccine hub outside an NRL game last week, punters attending both semi-finals games in Mackay this weekend will have the chance to get jabbed
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