Coronavirus In Australia: Victoria Reports 41 Deaths, 73 New Cases

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Victoria’s coronavirus death toll jumped by 41 on Monday as the state recorded 73 new cases. 

The rise in fatalities was the state’s biggest since the pandemic began but the Department of Health said the deaths included 22 people who died in the weeks leading up to 27 August and were reported to DHHS by aged care facilities on Sunday. 

#COVID19VicData for 31 Aug 2020. There were 73 new cases and sadly 41 deaths. Today's deaths total includes 22 people who died in the weeks leading up to 27 August and were reported to DHHS by aged care facilities yesterday. More info will be available later this morning. pic.twitter.com/yDzeMKzYqE

— VicGovDHHS (@VicGovDHHS) August 31, 2020

Victoria returned to the triple digits on Sunday with 114 new cases, a day after the daily tally fell to 94, its lowest in nearly two months. 

Melbourne is four weeks into a six-week hard lockdown that authorities have said may ease only gradually.

“At 100, 94, at 114, whatever the number, we simply could not open up,” premier Daniel Andrews told a televised briefing.

Australia has suffered about 25,600 infections and just over 600 deaths since the start of the year.

More to come. 

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