Blog Day 131 - Sunday 02 August 2020

I've got a feeling in my water that this isn't going to be be a good day.  The premier's media conference isn't scheduled until later this afternoon and usually the later the conference the worse the message.  The news reports are suggesting 600+ unconfirmed new infections for the last 24 hours and 17 more deaths.

News agencies are reporting that we will shortly be going on to stage four lockdown or some components of it, which of course has initiated another round of panic buying with supermarkets apparently very busy this morning.  

Talking about panic buying, my PC which is about seven years old has recently been increasingly temperamental and I am concerned that it is about to cark it on me.  If this happens during a stage four lockdown I might have difficulty getting a replacement, so today I am going out to Harvey Norman and Officeworks to have a look at a new computer.  Thinking about a new all-in-one, but what I get will possibly be dependent on what is available.  Both HN and OW are close to me and hopefully buying a computer is considered essential in this day and age.  Imaging 4 - 6 weeks in full lockdown without a computer.

3.00pm and the premier has just been on the wireless.  671 new virus infections reported for Victoria in the last 24 hours and seven deaths taking the total number of deaths to 123.  The deaths are still from the aged care sector.  Of the current active virus infections of 6,322 in Victoria 760 of these are classified as "mystery" infections.  A mystery infection is one where the source of the infection is unknown and cannot be traced.  Apparently it is this figure that is causing the real concern to the authorities.

The following is for metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire.

The premier has announced a whole new range of restrictions for at least the next six weeks.  A State of Disaster has been declared from 8.00 this evening for six weeks.  Furthermore a curfew has been imposed between 8.00pm to 5.00am starting tonight.  You are not allowed outside your house between these hours apart from care giving/receiving or travelling to and from work.

Schools are returning to remote learning for all students from Wednesday.

As from tomorrow (I think) we will only be allowed to move within a 5km radius of home.  One person from each household will be able to shop once per day.  We will only be able to exercise for one hour within 5km of home in groups of 2 including family.  All organised exercise including golf, fishing etc is banned.

Weddings are banned entirely, so there is some good news here for some I daresay.

Limits on business and are to be announced tomorrow.  Apparently there will be three levels, businesses such as supermarkets, bottle shops, butchers etc able to trade as usual.  Some businesses will be put on limited production and other businesses will only be allowed to trade if they can operate from home.  Cafes etc will still be able to trade with take away and home delivery.

Regional Victoria is going on to stage three restrictions.

It will take some time to consider the repercussions of all of this, but they are going to be significant.

Daily figures as below.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Round Two Lockdown – Day 22

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
07/07	8,755	199	2,824	191	106	22	34	31	5	5
08/07	8,880	142	2,942	134	106	22	39	35	10	9
09/07	9,056	179	3,098	165	106	22	46	41	8	7
10/07	9,374	304	3,397	288	106	22	45	47	10	12
11/07	9,556	227	3,560	216	107	23	54	49	13	15
12/07	9,797	243	3,799	273	108	24	55	57	16	16
13/07	9,980	192	3,967	177	108	24	67	72	17	17
14/07	10,250	283	4,224	270	108	24	105	81	27	26
15/07	10,501	251	4,462	238	111	27	90	105	27	27
16/07	10,807	332	4,750	317	113	29	111	109	28	29
17/07	11,233	436	5,165	428	116	32	114	122	30	31
18/07	11,441	232	5,353	217	118	34	126	110	32	35
19/07	11,802	361	5,696	363	122	38	116	130	26	28
20/07	12,069	296	5,942	275	123	39	135	147	29	31
21/07	12,428	387	6,289	374	126	42	156	174	33	36
22/07	12,894	501	6,739	484	128	44	183	205	38	40
23/07	13,301	423	7,125	403	133	49	214	201	42	40
24/07	13,590	309	7,405	300	140	56	211	206	41	41
25/07	13,948	353	7,744	357	145	65	217	229	44	42
26/07	14,401	453	8,181	459	155	71	239	228	46	42
27/07	14,935	549	8,696	532	161	77	241	245	46	44
28/07	15,302	398	9,049	384	167	83	259	260	49	45
29/07	15,582	318	9,304	295	176	92	275	307	47	41
30/07	16,295	744	9,998	723	189	105	323	312	46	34
31/07	16,904	649	10,577	627	196	112	330	349	40	37
01/08	17,276	414	10,931	397	201	116	366	379	44	41
02/08	17,920	685	11,557	671	208	123	366	385	44	38
03/08

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
21/07	14,852,700	212,352	613,213	4,357
22/07	15,096,315	243,615	619,520	6,307
23/07	15,373,616	277,301	630,193	10,673
24/07	15,651,911	278,295	636,470	6,277
25/07	15,940,381	288,470	642,688	6,218
26/07	16,200,891	260,510	648,445	5,757
27/07	16,412,262	211,371	652,033	3,588
28/07	16,648,616	236,354	656,621	4,588
29/07	16,895,202	246,586	663,476	6,855
30/07	17,184,770	289,568	670,152	6,676
31/07	17,473,538	288,768	676,702	6,550
01/08	17,754,190	280,652	682,885	6,183
02/08	18,023,357	269,167	688,939	6,054
03/08

Remember: to ask "are you OK"?, to work from home when you can, keep your vodka in the freezer, wash your hands, keep your distance, keep your mask on, sneeze into your elbow (yuk), don't sneeze with your mask on (yuk), don't touch your face, press the traffic light button with your foot, eat your vegies, don't ride your bike on the footpath, sanitize often, keep your glasses unfogged, obey the police at roadblocks, don't put your hat on the counter at the bakery (cause the lady will shout at you), don't go to work if you are crook, the lime in your V & T is a good source of vitamin C, don't go to a day spa and then boast about it on FB, pay with a card, don't use cash (because you are wearing a mask you could run away without paying) and be kind.

And now the State of Disaster remembers;

Remember: to stay indoors between 8.00pm and 5.00am and be kind.