Blog Day 203 - 14 October 2020

There should be a travelling salesman joke here but unfortunately I can't think of one.  Will try and do better tomorrow.

The Chadstone cluster is continuing to wreak havoc around the state.  A travelling salesman roaming around the state whilst infectious from the Chaddie cluster has introduced the virus into at least two regional communities.  First up he travelled to Kilmore where instead of getting take away from a cafe which he was allowed to do he sat down and had a meal which he wasn't allowed to do.  This started a cluster in Kilmore.  He then travelled to Benalla but fortunately he didn't pass on the virus there.  The contact tracing and testing people did a great job and nipped the transmission of the virus in Kilmore in the bud.

However, the infected travelling salesman failed to tell anybody that on the way from Kilmore to Benalla he went via Shepparton where he visited certain places including Bunnings and had a haircut (not at Bunnings).  It was only when three cases popped up in Shepparton that the travelling salesman came clean and confirmed that he had been there.  Took him 14 days to admit to it.  

The Chaddie cluster has now infected 40 people.  All this from one cleaner turning up for work whilst infected.

I attended an interesting AWM webinar this morning.  By way of background the AWM does a daily last post ceremony at the end of the day and as part of this ceremony they tell the story of a serviceman or servicewoman who has died in the service of Australia.  The person whose story is told could be from any of the services, conflicts and peacekeeping that Australia has been involved in and could be selected at random or by request of relatives or descendants of the deceased person.

One of the researchers from the AWM today talked about how they select the person and how they research that person for the story to be told.  Of course they use the military records and correspondence available through the records held by the AWM and the Australian National Archives but also newspaper collections through Trove for more personal information as well as information provided by family and friends.  Very interesting, to me anyway.

New infections for the last 24 hours for Victoria have come down a bit with 7 recorded, a decrease from 12 the day before.  But unfortunately after a period of minimal deaths we recorded 5 deaths in the last 24 hours bringing the state total to 816 and the national total to 904.  There are 23 Victorians in hospital due to the virus, an increase of 1 from yesterday but still none in ICU.

Rolling 14 day average.

13/10: Metro 10.0, Regional .4, Total 10.4

14/10: Metro 9.5, Regional 0.6, Total 10.1

Worldwide figures are creeping back up again after the lower figures over the weekend with 315,000 new infections and 5,000 new deaths.  Apparently the UK figures are blowing out, I will have a look at that tomorrow.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2^nd Step Restrictions – Day 17

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
12/10	27,279	18	20,296	15	898	810	31	21	1	0
13/10	27,298	19	20,307	12	899	811	32	22	1	0
14/10	27,338	20	20,312	7	904	816	32	23	1	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
12/10	37,736,119	284,653	1,081,246	4,020
13/10	38,028,926	292,807	1,085,091	3,845
14/10	38,344,245	315,319	1,090,121	5,030

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, tell your children not to get involved in politics.