Ballarat’s Covid cases have jumped by around 30% in the last week.
340 new infections were reported in the 7 day period as the 4th wave continues to gain momentum, that’s an average of more than 48 new cases a day.
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State-wide cases were up 23% with hospitalisations up over 28%.
Grampian’s Health says its hospitals, such as the Ballarat Base, have not been immune from the recent jump in COVID hospitalisations.
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Chief Strategies and Regions Officer Dr Rob Grenfell says their testing numbers back that up.
“Because we test our aged care residents and our staff, we actually do have a fair idea of how many staff members are coming out as well.”
“We are seeing a significant number of our workforce having to stay at home for a quarantine period,” Dr Grenfell said.
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On average, 7 people died from COVID state-wide per day in the last week.
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