Blog Day 186 - 27 September 2020

Two men walked into a bar, you reckon the second one would have seen it.

Today is the last day of the two week extension our stage four lockdown.  All the figures are looking good and the the 14 day rolling average is well within the range to allow for a relaxation of the lockdown rules.

The premier has announced the changes to the lockdown restrictions.  As from tomorrow 127,000 permitted workers will be able to return to work, these workers will mainly be in supply and logistics and manufacturing.  Prep to grade 6 students and VCE & VCAL students will be back in the class room from 12/10.  

The curfew will be lifted from 5.00am tomorrow however a new fine of $5,000 will be imposed on people attending any illegal indoor or outdoor activity.

The 5km limit from home will still apply although people can exercise 5km from their workplace if they are a permitted worker.

Up to 5 people from up to 2 households can meet outdoors to socialise.  I think that the 5km limit applies here that means I can only meet people within my 5km zone.  Although I can go outside the 5km zone for my single person bubble visit.

Future changes to the lockdown will be based on trigger points not on dates.  It is proposed that the next relaxation will occur on 19/10.

Still no barbershops opening, this is getting a bit desperate, lucky I keep my hat on when I go outdoors.

No changes to retail or hospitality as yet.

I am reporting this as the announcements are being made so hopefully there will be some clarification of these changes in due course.

Now for today's figures.  Victoria recorded 16 new virus infections in the last 24 hours and 2 more deaths, bringing the total number of deaths for Victoria to 784.  There are still 51 Victorians in hospital with the virus and 9 in ICU with 5 in ICU.

Rolling 14 day average;

26/09: Metro 23.6, Regional 0.8, Total 24.4

27/09: Metro 22.1, Regional 0.6, Total 22.7

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2 Week Extension – Day 14

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
13/09	26,648	41	19,841	41	810	723	221	116	26	11
14/09	26,686	35	19,870	35	817	729	137	122	17	12
15/09	26,739	50	19,911	42	816	729	141	118	18	11
16/09	26,772	52	19,943	42	824	737	139	117	17	11
17/09	26,807	35	19,971	28	832	745	127	107	16	11
18/09	26,864	51	20,015	45	837	750	127	90	16	11
19/09	26,885	21	20,036	21	844	757	108	89	15	8
20/09				14			106	94	12	8
21/09	26,909	11	20,063	11	851	763	109	92	10	6
22/09	26,942	33	20,076	28	854	766	107	83	8	8
23/09	26,972	21	20,100	15	859	771	100	75	11	8
24/09	26,990	18	20,105	12	861	773	100	67	11	8
25/09	26,987	14	20,109	14	869	781	89	58	11	8
26/09	27,012	16	20,130	12	870	782	71	58	11	8
27/09	27,033	17	20,145	16	872	784	68	51	12	9

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
14/09	29,181,882	243,787	928,267	3,709
15/09	29,433,477	251,595	932,390	4,123
16/09	29,727,389	293,912	939,186	6,796
17/09	30,025,096	297,707	944,680	5,494
18/09	30,340,279	315,183	950,429	5,749
19/09	30,691,801	351,522	956,421	5,992
20/09	30,986,826	295,025	961,400	4,979
21/09	31,228,511	241,685	965,037	3,637
22/09	31,479,718	251,207	969,230	4,193
23/09	31,771,441	291,723	975,315	6,085
24/09	32,083,793	312,352	981,252	5,937
25/09	32,411,415	327,622	987,742	6,490
26/09	32,758,340	346,925	993,413	5,671
27/09	33,053,144	294,804	998,716	5,303

And now the stage 4 lockdown 2 week extension remembers.

Remember: to follow the legal instructions of a police officer, not to get carried away with false optimism (again), if you are going to run a road block do it when it is raining, tell the truth, don't go to any protests, avoid the City of Casey, ring before you dig, especially if it is a $7 billion project, keep up the exercise - it is good for you, don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.