Sobre a Covid na província de Vitória (Austrália)
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COVID Update
The number of new daily Omicron infections is jumping around a bit, with the state recording 6,926 cases today. However, the active cases are steadily decreasing, as are those in hospital. The state hit a milestone this week, having recorded over a million cases of the infection since the pandemic began in March 2020.
Victorian figures, February 23:
42,016 active cases (last week 49,936)
17 deaths reported today
2,409 COVID-related deaths so far
319 are in hospital, 48 are in ICU, and 8 of these are on ventilators
1,011,475 total number of infections
You can check the Victorian live update here.
Read more: Coronavirus; COVID-19 Victorian situation
How we live
On Friday February 18, several restrictions which had been in place to mitigate the impacts of the Omicron wave were lifted.
Density quotients no longer apply for hospitality venues and indoor dance floors re-opened;
QR codes were removed for all venues except restaurants and entertainment venues
Requirements for hospital worker bubbles have been scrapped.
As of 11.59pm February 25, the recommendation for Victorians to work or study from home will be removed and face masks will no longer be needed in most indoor settings. Masks will only be required in the following settings:
People on public transport, in taxis and rideshare, on planes, and indoors at an airport
People working or visiting hospitals, and indoor areas at care facilities
Workers in hospitality, retail and the court system
Workers at justice and correctional facilities
Students in year 3 or above at primary school, and workers at early childhood centres and primary schools (masks can be removed in secondary school)
People working indoors at an event with more than 30,000 people attending
In special circumstances, such as if you have COVID-19 or are a close contact and you're leaving home
Finally, from Saturday February 26, all elective surgery will resume across Victoria’s public and private hospitals. This easing of restrictions comes off the back of a stabilization in hospitalizations and a significant reduction in the number of people in intensive care and on ventilators. Doctors had been calling for Australia’s elective surgery backlog to be addressed with the AMA president calling the approach “increasingly unsustainable” and a reflection of governments failure to properly invest in public hospital capacity and secure long-term funding arrangements to address the issue.
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