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Victoria has recorded 1,763 cases overnight, the highest number in Australia since the pandemic began. The unenviable record was previously held by NSW, which peaked at 1,599 daily cases before daily case numbers began to fall. NSW has today recorded 608 new cases.
Premier Dan Andrews urged Victorians to get vaccinated to stop these numbers from getting worse: "Nothing is more important in the fight against this virus," he said, noting that of the 498 people currently in hospital, 66 per cent were unvaccinated, 28 per cent had had one dose of a vaccine, and just 6 per cent had been fully vaccinated.
Victoria's daily case numbers have doubled in just a week, with 867 new cases reported on Monday, September 27.
The state government is running a Moderna walk-up blitz this week at ten vaccination hubs, thanks to 100,000 extra Moderna doses that have just arrived in the state. The sites are:
- Melton Vaccination Hub (Bunnings)
- Sunshine Vaccination Hub
- Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Sandown Racecourse Vaccination Centre
- Frankston Community Vaccination Hub
- Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre
- Dandenong Palm Plaza
- Former Ford Factor Campbellfield
- La Trobe University site in Bundoora
- St Francis Xavier College Officer Campus
The LaTrobe Valley lockdown has ended, with the area returning to regional settings.