Blog Day 125 - Saturday 07 November 2020

This one has been provided by Leanne, one of my regular readers and contributors.  Why isn't Trump allowed back in the Whitehouse?  It's for-biden.

Still no definite result in the US presidential election although a Biden win is looking more and more likely.

The Victorian and national figures continue to look good with minimal new infections and no new deaths Australia wide.  The premier will be announcing a further lessening of the lockdown restrictions tomorrow and unless something dramatically bad happens this should include the lifting of the "ring of steel" around Melbourne and the lifting of the 25km travel restriction within metropolitan Melbourne.

There will be an increase in the numbers of people who can attend restaurants, cafes and hotels etc both the indoor and outdoor numbers.  I don't know what these increases will be so I won't try and guess.  Obviously any increase will be favourable to the hospitality venues in making it more viable to open.  I notice that the Boundary Hotel has sign in the window saying that they intend to announce a reopening date on 09/11 and it will probably be in that week.

One of the big issues at the moment is the continued wearing of masks which is becoming a point of contention.  I think that most people accept the necessity to wear a mask in a shopping centre, supermarket and other place where you maybe in close proximity to other people.  But at the moment you still have to wear your mask if you are walking alone in a 20 acre park, and that is what people are objecting to.

My sister, who lives in Tasmania, has kindly reminded me that she and her "friend" are going away for a few days next week to a Gordon River cruise with $300 provided by the state government to assist with accommodation and cruise costs.  I told her that I am going to brunch tomorrow within my 25km limit and not receiving any government assistance.

Now for the good news, Victoria has recorded an 8th day of zero new infections and zero deaths, Australia wide there were only 5 new infections (all in NSW, 4 of which were returned overseas travellers) and no new deaths.  Victoria is still maintaining a pretty impressive testing regime with 17,000 tests results received in the last 24 hours.

Australia wide there is currently 99 active corona virus cases with 8 in Victoria, 44 in NSW, 8 in Qld, 16 in WA, 17 in SA, 6 in NT, and none in Tas and ACT.

Victoria rolling 14 day average;

06/11: Metro 1.3, Regional .0, Total 1.3

07/11: Metro 0.9, Regional .1, Total 1.0

Worldwide the figures are continuing to get worse and worse, 638,000 new infections in the last 24 hours bringing the total new infections worldwide to 49,650,000 and 9,000 new deaths bringing the total number virus related deaths to 1,248,000.  

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 3rd Step Restrictions – Day 20

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
04/11	27,620	11	20,345	0	907	819	15	2	1	0
05/11	27,624	2	20,345	0	907	819	20	2	1	0
06/11	27,643	9	20,345	0	907	819	20	2	1	0
07/11	27,650	5	20,345	0	907	819	19	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
04/11	47,827,844	516,499	1,219,619	8,631
05/11	48,408,963	581,119	1,230,083	10,464
06/11	49,008,293	599,330	1,238,812	8,729
07/11	49,645,936	637,643	1,247,972	9,160

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!; don't be a dill and forget to wear your mask on your walk.