Blog Day 193 - 04 October 2020

A grasshopper walked into a bar and the barmaid said, "we have a drink named after you" and the grasshopper said " you've got a drink called Kevin"?

Daylight saving started last night so remember to put your clocks forward 1 hour or those of you with jobs might be late for work tomorrow.  Although if you are working from home your employer probably won't know if you are late or not, sitting there in your jimjams and fluffy bunny slippers.

Brief blog today as I have to watch two hours or so of the movie Zulu this arvo.  Zulu is the movie to be discussed at our Shrine discussion group this week and as it is my suggestion, some might say my insistence, I had better watch it.  Some of you might recall I did an opinion piece in the early days of the blog comparing the battle of Rorke's drift to Victoria's fight against the corona virus.  In my piece I pointed out that strong leadership and accountability were essential in fighting and winning both battles.  Unfortunately neither strong leadership or accountability has been demonstrated in our fight against the virus.

Today's figures, Victoria has reported 12 new infections and 1 death in the last 24 hours, I don't think the hospital and ICU figures have been updated since yesterday, as often happens over the weekend.

The 14 day rolling average is below;

3/10: Metro 12.0, Regional .1, Total 12.1
4/10: Metro 11.9, Regional .2, Total 12.1

The worldwide figures are down from the previous few days but again that is probably more as a result of irregularities in reporting than an actual decline in the number of deaths and infections.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2nd Step Restrictions – Day 7

Date

Aus Infected

Aus Increase

Vic Infected

Vic Increase

Aus Death

Vic Death

Aus Hospl

Vic Hospital

Aus ICU

Vic ICU

27/09

27,033

17

20,145

16

872

784

68

51

12

9

28/09

27,045

5

20,150

5

875

787

65

49

12

8

29/09

27,056

12

20,159

10

882

794

63

46

11

5

30/09

27,076

20

20,171

13

886

798

60

44

8

6

01/10

27,096

18

20,183

15

888

800

55

38

9

6

02/10

27,110

13

20,190

7

890

802

50

38

9

4

03/10

27,122

9

20,199

8

893

805

50

34

9

4

04/10

27133

11

20209

12

894

806

49

34

9

4












Date

World Infection

Daily Increase

World Deaths

Daily Increase

27/09

33,053,144

294,804

998,716

5,303

28/09

33,303,226

250,082

1,002,385

3,669

29/09

33,541,701

238,475

1,006,072

3,687

30/09

33,843,973

302,272

1,012,657

6,585

01/10

34,147,215

303,242

1,018,209

5,552

02/10

34,471,182

323,967

1,027,525

9,316

03/10

34,824,101

352,919

1,033,195

5,670

04/10

3,5122,298

298,197

1,037,524

4,329

And now the stage 4 lockdown 2nd step restrictions remembers.

Remember: if you are doing anything wrong don't get caught, it could cost you $5,000!; you gotta wear a face mask no more face shields - thems the rules; somebody somewhere is testing your poo!; do not under any circumstances annoy a Cassowary; if you need a boost to your morale watch Zulu.

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