Blog Day 134 - Wednesday 05 August 2020

Not many people around today on my walk and everybody I saw was wearing a mask, even the push bike rider who was wearing a smart bandanna.

A few people waiting in the barber shop and a couple waiting outside.  Today is the last day of trading for the barber for 6 weeks.  Would hate to go into quarantine for 6 weeks looking untidy, wouldn't we?

Unconfirmed reports of 725 new infections today and one of the deaths possible a 33 year old.  Still waiting on the premier to provide the up to date figures.

Midnight tonight is the kick off time for the restrictions on business to kick in, we already have the curfew so tomorrow will be a whole new world.  

All school students (except for those exemptions) returned to remote learning today.  Good luck and best wishes to the multitude of educators who are keen readers of this blog.

The figures for the last 24 hours have been announced.  Victoria has reported the highest number of new infections and the highest number of new deaths so far for this pandemic.  A further 725 Victorians tested positive in the last 24 hours.  There were 15 further deaths bringing the total number of deaths in Victoria to 162.  The deaths included a male in his 30's and males and females in their 70's, 80's and 90's.  Twelve of the deaths came out of the aged care system. I am pretty sure that the 30 year old would be the youngest fatality recorded in Victoria so far and although it is not confirmed I think that he may have been a health care worker.  

In the same 24 hour period NSW reported 12 new infections. (Note Victoria recorded more deaths than NSW had new infections).

World infections continue to roll along at 258,000 in the last 24 hours.  Deaths worldwide were recorded at over 7,000 which is the highest figure since 23 July.  World wide figures will be reviewed in a little more detail tomorrow.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – Day 3

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
02/08	17,920	685	11,557	671	208	123	366	385	44	38
03/08	18,318	444	11,937	429	221	136	408	416	46	35
04/08	18,728	451	12,335	439	232	147	439	456	43	38
05/08	19,444	740	13,035	725	247	162	483	538	44	42
06/08

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
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	18,234,936	211,579	692,794	3,855
04/08	18,442,382	207,446	697,175	4,381
05/08	18,700,833	258,451	704,347	7,172
06/08

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, stay safe & stay strong, respect the 5km limits, don't try & get a haircut and be kind.