Victoria is Australia's second-most populous state and the vast majority of these cases are occurring in capital city Melbourne, Australia's second largest city.
428 is a new daily record.
The city was placed into lock down (for a second time) in the middle of last week, for 6 weeks. Cases have climbed since, not much no evidence of a plateauing yet.
- 57 linked to known outbreaks, 1 to quarantine
- 370 of unknown origin, under investigation
- 24,409 tests conducted
- 3 deaths added to the toll
- 122 in hospital
- 31 in ICU
Meanwhile in the state of New South Wales, Australia's most populous, 8 new cases to 8pm Thursday evening, another 5 since then
- 6 via community transmission
- NSW issue some new restrictions ... at weddings & corporate events, no singing, no dancing, no mingling and a 150 person limit. No mingling, how is that to be enforced?
- number of people allowed in a pub reduced
