Blog Day 121 - Tuesday 03 November 2020 - Melbourne Cup Day

Public holiday in Melbourne today for the race that stops a nation.  Thank goodness for the day off as I think that we all need the break.  Of course a very different race meeting today as there will be no public at the track.  

The forecast for today is 30 degrees which will mean that it is the warmest Melbourne Cup day for something like 10 years.  It also means that under normal circumstances there would have been a lot of very drunk sunburnt people at Flemington at the end of the day.  I daresay a lot of those people will be going to the beach and getting drunk and sunburnt there.

I didn't have a bet on the first race which was won by a 40/1 outsider, would have been nice to have my $5 each way on that one, but alas not to be.  Plenty more races to make my fortune, might even have a bet on the Dapto dogs.

Picked up a place in the 2nd race and I think that I still lost money, anyway plenty more opportunities to come.

Well, the sun is over the yardarm so must be time for the traditional Melbourne cup day drinkies.

I have just realised that I can bet on the outcome of the US election on my TAB account, so as I think I have the winner worked out I might put the house on that, play my Trump card so to speak.

Briefly, today's figures.  Victoria recorded no new infections and no new deaths in the last 24 hours, will we make it to 007 day?  There were 6 new infections Australia wide with 3 in NSW and 3 in Qld, 2 of the NSW and all 3 of the Qld infections were from overseas travellers in hotel quarantine.  

Rolling 14 day average for Vic;

02/11: Metro 1.9, Regional .0, Total 1.9
03/11: Metro 1.9, Regional .0, Total 1.9

Worldwide 507,000 new infections and nearly 6,000 new deaths.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 3rd Step Restrictions – Day 16

Date

Aus Infected

Aus Increase

Vic Infected

Vic Increase

Aus Death

Vic Death

Aus Hospl

Vic Hospital

Aus ICU

Vic ICU

18/10

27,385

7

20,319

2

904

816

18

12

0

0

19/10

27,399

8

20,323

4

905

817

16

12

1

0

20/10

27,405

6

20,320

1

905

817

16

11

1

0

21/10

27,443

14

20,324

3

905

817

17

11

1

0

22/10

27,458

13

20,329

5

905

817

16

9

1

0

23/10

27,476

10

20,330

1

905

817

19

8

0

0

24/10

27,495

12

20,336

7

905

817

19

8

0

0

25/10

27,513

14

20,343

7

905

817

17

7

0

0

26/10

27,525

6

20,342

0

905

817

17

7

0

0

27/10

27,539

12

20,341

0

905

817

15

5

1

0

28/10

27,552

12

20,342

2

907

819

13

3

1

0

29/10

27,562

8

20,345

3

907

819

15

5

1

0

30/10

27,579

11

20,347

4

907

819

19

5

1

0

31/10

27,585

5

20,347

0

907

819

16

2

1

0

01/11

27,595

6

20,346

0

907

819

17

2

1

0

02/11

27,601

7

20,345

0

907

819

17

2

1

0

03/11

27,608

6

20,345

0

907

819

16

2

1

0





















Date

World Infection

Daily Increase

World Deaths

Daily Increase

18/10

39,937,065

364,022

1,114,183

5,113

19/10

40,268,496

331,431

1,118,294

4,111

20/10

40,648,527

380,031

1,122,992

4,698

21/10

41,040,619

392,092

1,129,591

6,599

22/10

41,462,047

421,428

1,135,697

6,106

23/10

41,992,762

530,715

1,142,744

7,047

24/10

42,461,108

468,346

1,148,689

5,945

25/10

42,923,942

462,834

1,154,736

6,047

26/10

43,323,390

399,448

1,158,807

4,071

27/10

43,777,130

453,740

1,164,515

5,708

28/10

44,234,881

457,751

1,171,272

6,757

29/10

44,739,857

504,976

1,178,527

7,255

30/10

45,346,910

607,053

1,186,385

7,858

31/10

45,898,443

551,533

1,193,734

7,349

01/11

46,373,777

475,334

1,200,193

6,459

02/11

46,804,423

430,646

1,205,044

4,851

03/11

47,311,345

506,922

1,210,988

5,944

And now the stage 4 lockdown 3rd step restrictions remembers;

Remember: Apparently we can walk into a bar and get a beer; no matter how hard we try sometimes the figures just don't add up; if you are subpoenaed to produce documents to produce all of them!; don't take your eyes off the ball; keep your visitor log book; don't hang around smoking outside a cafe; don't travel to Peru; gamble responsibly; continue to wear your mask responsibly especially at the beach; be careful drinking and gambling, dangerous combination!. 

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