Blog Day 200 - 11 October 2020

A man rushed into a bar looking all hot and bothered and ordered a drink, the barman said "you look all hot and bothered what has happened"?  The man said "there has been a bomb scare at the local church and there has been a mass evacuation"!

Would you believe that it is 200 days of the blog today, who would have thought that on blog day 1,  Tuesday 24 March 2020, that 200 days later we would still be in this mess.  Although it was day 1 of the blog the pandemic had been officially running for 78 days.  On 15 March the Grand Prix in Melbourne was cancelled and on 21 March I opted out of a planned camping and fishing trip due to my own concerns about where the pandemic was going.  

On day 1 of the blog there were 411 and confirmed virus cases in Victoria, we have now have 20,281 and Australia had recorded 1,895 cases which has grown to a current figure of 27,261.

Worldwide there was 377,926 recorded cases of the virus, this figure is now 37,451,466 and there had been 16,488 deaths, we have now recorded 1,077,226 deaths worldwide.

Who would have thought that we would have people fighting over toilet paper, that Melbourne would have a curfew and a 5km limit on travel, nearly everybody working from home (those that have jobs), police going around arresting grandmas for sitting on park benches, compulsory wearing of face masks, the CBD deserted, that we would all become zoom experts, AFL being played in hubs in QLD & WA, Collingwood getting thrashed in a prelim final, no overseas travel for the foreseeable future and extremely limited domestic travel, locked down state borders with checkpoints manned by police and ADF, Melbourne surrounded by a "ring of steel" and public paranoia driven by social media about anything and everything.

On day one of the blog we were not in formal isolation although I think that a lot of people were already starting to take precautions.  Apart from a 2 week break in June we have been in some sort of lockdown since March this year.  Of course there is supposed to be an easing of the current restrictions next Sunday but we are getting the message from the premier not to expect to much.

All in all, given what has happened in this state I think that Victorians have coped remarkably well and if we demonstrate the same grit in the recovery stage we should come out of this better than expected.

Back to the present, Victoria has recorded 12 new infections in the last 24 hours a small decline from 14 the day before.  We have also recorded 1 further death, our first in some days, which brings the state total to 810 and the national total of deaths to 898.  There are 21 Victorians in hospital due to the virus with zero in intensive care.

Rolling 14 day figures;

10/10: Metro 9.5, Regional .4, Total 9.9

11/10: Metro 9.3, Regional .4, Total 9.7

Worldwide the figures are rolling along with no significant improvement, 352,332 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours and 4,621 deaths.  Compare these figures to the figures at day 1 of the blog.  On 24 March worldwide there had  been 378,000 recorded infections, that is not much more than the current daily figure, and 16,000 deaths, we are currently recording that many every 4 or so days. That's not very encouraging is it?

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2^nd Step Restrictions – Day 14

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	27,133	11	20209	12	894	806	49	34	9	4
05/10	27,144	10	20,206	9	894	806	49	30	9	3
06/10	27,163	15	20,234	15	895	807	46	21	6	1
07/10	27,183	9	20,239	6	924	809	37	16	5	2
08/10	27,204	23	20,247	11	897	809	32	17	6	1
09/10	27,227	21	20,258	11	897	809	31	17	3	1
10/10	27,244	17	20,271	14	897	809	31	21	3	1
11/10	27,261	17	20,281	12	898	810	31	21	3	0

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	35,122,298	298,197	1,037,524	4,329
05/10	35,388,157	265,859	1,041,537	4,013
06/10	35,695,406	307,249	1,045,892	4,355
07/10	36,037,992	342,596	1,054,514	8,622
08/10	36,380,841	342,849	1,059,972	5,458
09/10	36,738,690	357,849	1,066,412	6,440
10/10	37,099,134	360,444	1,072,605	6,193
11/10	37,451,466	352,332	1,077,226	4,621

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; keep to your 5km zone and if that doesn't include a beach don't go to the beach; try not to commit perjury (allegedly); to vote if you don't want a fine, show true grit.