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State dodged 20,000 new COVID cases a day: Deputy Chief Health Officer – The Age
Victoria was on course for a nightmare scenario of 20,000 new COVID-19 cases a day by mid August when the state government reimposed stage three restriction in July.
Victoria was on course for a COVID-19 catastrophe of 20,000 new daily infections by mid August when the state government imposed its stage three restriction in early July.
Acting Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng said on Thursday that the rate of infections had been growing ten-fold every ten days when the government stepped in to reimpose the lockdown and that without action, new cases might have reached 20,000 a day by August 12.
Acting Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng provides …
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