Blog Day 127 - 09 November 2020

 Today we start another 14 day cycle hopefully heading for further relaxation of the virus lockdown rules and heading towards what is being called "Covid Normal" (CN).  CN will be what we have to live with until an effective vaccine is available and the majority of the population vaccinated.

I think that our next big test will be when we start taking overseas travellers as it is inevitable that Victoria will have to do so.  We will need to be certain that the hotel quarantine system is absolutely foolproof and that that contact tracking and tracing system is up to speed.  We cannot afford to have the virus get out into the community again.  There is talk of allowing home quarantine for some returning travellers albeit wearing some sort of tracking device.  The weak point with this is that it wouldn't control visitors and contact with other family.  My thoughts, for what it is worth is that everybody goes through a rigorous hotel quarantine and if the returning traveller doesn't want to do that, well, they are no longer a returning traveller. 

It is a warmer day today heading towards 30 plus tomorrow and getting increasingly more uncomfortable to walk (briskly) wearing a mask. 

Once again Victoria has reported a zero - zero result for the last twenty four hours, now new infections reported and no new deaths.  This is Victoria's 10th zero - zero day.  Australia wide there were 7 new infections reported, all in NSW and all returned travellers.  Currently Victoria has 4 active cases, NSW 42 and Australia wide there are 89 active cases, 42 of which are returned overseas travellers.

Victoria 14 day rolling average;

08/11: Metro .4, Regional .0, Total .4
09/11: Metro .4, Regional .0, Total .4

Worldwide the daily new infections and daily new death rates are lower but as we know this is usually a case of under reporting over the weekend and we can expect the figures to increase again as the week goes on.  Although when I say that the numbers are lower there were still 458,000 new infections and 5,400 new deaths, still scary figures.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Towards Covid Normal – 14 day stage – Day 1

Date

Aus Infected

Aus Increase

Vic Infected

Vic Increase

Aus Death

Vic Death

Aus Hospl

Vic Hospital

Aus ICU

Vic ICU

08/11

27,655

3

20,345

0

907

819

19

2

1

0

9/11

27,665

7

20,345

0

907

819

19

2

1

0

10/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







Date

World Infection

Daily Increase

World Deaths

Daily Increase

08/11

50,263,739

617,803

1,256,352

8,380

09/11

50,721,774

458,035

1,261,736

5,384

10/11

 

 

 

 

11/11

 

 

 

 

And now the Towards Covid Normal remembers;

Remember: Keep wearing your mask!;

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