Blog Day 155 - Wednesday 26 August 2020

Lock me up and throw away the key, I am a corona virus criminal.  This morning on the radio a bloke was talking about being pinged by the police and given a stern talking to for putting his rubbish bins out after curfew.  Well if that's a crime consider me guilty your honour.  Every Sunday night I put my rubbish bin out and the last few weeks I have been doing it at 8.30pm which is after the curfew time of 8.00pm.  I have a very good reason for doing this although I am not sure if it would stand up in court.  You see the telly show Shetland finishes at 8.30 and the telly show Vera starts at 8.30 with a small interlude in between.  That small interlude is when I put my bin out.  If I miss the end of Shetland I won't know what is happening next week and if I miss the start of Vera I will be hopelessly lost for the rest of the show.

I know I am doing the wrong thing and I always check for any lurking rozzers or a Black Maria parked up the road, so far I have got away with it so lets keep this between you and me.

I was thinking about the school tours we used to do at the Shrine and wondering when we volunteers would be back there and doing tours again. Not in the near future I daresay.  Anyway, sometimes in our tours we would refer to things like rationing and curfews.  The school kids would either not know the terms or would look at us like these were things that happened a thousand years ago.  I think that these terms won't be as alien to the kids on their return in the future. They will certainly remember the shortages and rationing of toilet paper, the current curfew that we are all living under and the various other restrictions bought about by this virus.  Having experienced these things first hand might make it easier for them the grasp the difficulties facing the civilian population it times of war.

Victoria has recorded 149 new infections for the last 24 hours which is one more than the 24 hours prior.  We reported 24 deaths which is the second highest figure in Victoria for the pandemic.  There was 1 female in her 60's, 3 males in their 70's, 3 females & 7 males in their 80's and 6 females & 4 males in their 90's.  There is currently 578 Victorians in hospital and 39 in ICU.

In comparing Victoria to the total Australian figures, Victoria has experienced 74% of all infections, 84% of deaths and currently has 90% of hospital admissions.

The international figures show an increase in the daily infections and the daily death rate is back up over 6,000.  Further investigation and analysis of the international figures will be undertaken tomorrow.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – Day 25

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	19,890	483	13,469	471	255	170	566		51
07/08	20,270	461	13,867	450	266	181	600	607	52	41
08/08	20,697	475	14,283	466	278	193	632	636	51	44
09/08	21,084	412	14,659	394	295	210	659	634	53	43
10/08	21,397	337	14,957	322	314	229	657	640	51	47
11/08	21,713	353	15,251	331	332	247	664	650	54	47
12/08	22,127	428	15,646	410	352	267	673	662	51	43
13/08	22,417	290	15,924	278	361	275	685	664	51	37
14/08		387	16,234	372	372	289		659		41
15/08	23,035	312	16,517	303	379	293	680	661	47	41
16/08	23,287	284	16,764	279	396	309	680	662	47	40
17/08	23,576	289	17,046	282	421	334	680	657	47	44
18/08	23,783	225	17,249	222	438	351	674	665	51	45
19/08	23,997	228	17,454	216	450	363	682	675	52	44
20/08	24,235	246	17,686	240	463	376	682	665	52	43
21/08	24,417	180	17,862	179	470	385	682	626	52	40
22/08	24,607	191	18,034	182	483	396	682	610	52	36
23/08	24,811	204	18,231	208	502	415	631	585	43	32
24/08	24,915	120	18,330	116	517	430	604	629	39	31
25/08	25,053	151	18,464	148	528	438	659	617	38	35
26/08	25,204	156	18,608	149	549	462	644	578	42	39
27/08

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
13/08	20,794,831	273,187	752,372	6,454
14/08	21,080,357	285,526	753,467	1,095
15/08	21,343,945	263,588	763,119	9,652
16/08	21,604,192	260,247	768,739	5,620
17/08	21,824,805	220,613	773,032	4,293
18/08	22,036,149	211,344	776,856	3,824
19/08	22,305,887	269,738	784,338	7,482
20/08	22,568,287	262,400	790,788	6,450
21/08	22,856,134	287,847	796,992	6,204
22/08	23,108,150	252,016	802,971	5,979
23/08	23,379,006	270,856	808,681	5,710
24/08	23,582,985	203,979	812,487	3,806
25/08	23,811,693	228,708	817,005	4,518
26/08	24,050,333	238,640	823,278	6,273
27/08

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, drink your coffee at home, don't dither at the supermarket checkout, don't get Jim's Mowing in to cut your grass, get some virus approved exercise, shop at Harvey Norman for good service, be honest, if in doubt wear a mask and a face shield, remember the fallen, get plenty of sleep, laugh at my jokes, have a virtual beer with a Vietnam vet, if you have to ask - the answer is no, remain vigilant, act responsibly, apologise if you are wrong, use Zoom to keep in touch, put your bins out before curfew and be kind.