Blog Day 571 - Friday 29 October 2021 - Day 08 Of Covid Lockdown V6.0 Lite

A few things happening around this covid world of ours.

Still no haircut!

I haven't made mention yet of the premier's latest quest for power, I must have a look at it sometime and pass on my well researched, balanced and objective opinion.  That'll be a first I hear you all say!

Remember those photos of Mussolini, Il Duce, posed on a balcony in Italy somewhere, dressed in military uniform, hands on hips, jaw thrust out being adored by his loyal citizens.  I reckon our premier has a poster size copy of that photo in his bedroom and he practices the pose in front of the photo but instead of the uniform he is wearing his North Face jacket.  

Can you tell the difference????

I just hope that our premier remembers Mussolini's ultimate fate.   

A bit of an interruption here, I have just spent a few minutes out playing with my neighbour's 6 month old golden Labrador pup.  Lovely little (little?) dog, very enthusiastic and boisterous with the jumping and the licking but good fun.

Last night and today we have been experiencing what is now referred to as an "extreme weather event" with most of the state experiencing very high winds and heavy rainfall.  The wind is supposed to be easing this afternoon but isn't showing any sign of doing so just yet.  Trees are down across the state and many, many households are without power and could be for up to four days.

It is amazing what we are finding interesting in this lockdown world of ours.  On my walk the other day I came across the auction of the empty Commonwealth Bank branch on Centre Rd in Bentleigh East.  So I stood in the pleasant sunshine with the other retired codgers and took in the theatre that is a property auction.  

In the end the property was passed in at $1.9m.  Just guessing but I reckon the reserve was $2.0m and when I walk past today I expect the sold sign to be up.  It will be interesting to see what it ends up being used for.  Sold sign is up!

I see that corona virus rapid testing kits will shortly be available for sale to the general public.  Both Woolworths and Coles and various pharmacies are promoting the sale of the kits although they are not in the shops yet.

The bloke from Chemist Warehouse was on the radio this morning.  He said that they will have the testing kits in store next week and will initially cost approx $25 for a pack of two kits, but will get cheaper as more kits become available.

Of course the big news is that at 6.00pm this evening we have a significant lifting of the various lockdown restrictions.  Retail can open, no travel restrictions within the state, further opening up of hospitality, schools returning, not having to wear masks outdoors, increases in limits on visits to family homes and most importantly further removal of restrictions on the opening of barber shops.

The Victorian figures are bouncing around a bit with 1,656 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, 1,923 the day before and 1,534 the day before that.  The death numbers in Victoria are behaving similarly, with 10 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 25 the day before and 13 the day before that.  

Victoria received the results of 70,000 tests in the last 24 hours.

It looks like we will be able to receive our booster shot (the 3rd shot) 6 months after receiving our 2nd shot.  At this stage it will either be the Pfizer or the Moderna vax,  I will be lining up for mine and I don't care which one it is.

Currently nationally 87.9% of the eligible population have received their 1st injection and 76.2% are fully vaccinated.  In Victoria 91.5% of the eligible population have received their 1st injection and 78.8% their 2nd.  (Pssssst, don't tell anybody but we aren't supposed to receive our relaxed lockdown rules until we reached 80.0% of the eligible population fully vaccinated, but I won't tell anybody if you don't).  We may not have made the 80% target but I reckon we are still doing a pretty good job.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – 29 October 2021 – Day 08 of Covid Lockdown V6.0 Lite

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Aus 1st Dose Vacc	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	NSW Increase	*Aus Active Infection	NSW Active Infection	Vic Active Infection	Aus 2nd Dose Vacc
01/10	107,181	2,064	77.8%	38,476	1,143	866	21,114	9,862	10,944	54.2%
02/10		2,360		39,749	1,488
03/10	111,388	1,928	79%	41,128	1,220	668	21,378	9,215	11,785	56%
04/10					1,377	623
05/10	115,800	2,406	79.9%	44,251	1,763	608	23,376	8,571	14,368	57.4%
06/10					1,413	594
07/10	120,079	2,272	80.5%	47,302	1,638	587	23,435	7,868	15,074	58.4%
08/10					1,823	648
09/10	125,080	2,574	81.9%	51,012	1,965	581	24,984	7,296	17,199	61.2%
10/10					1,890	479
11/10	129,567	2,144	82.2%	54,470	1,612	498	26,276	6,747	19,012	61.9%
12/10					1,466	360
13/10	133,444	2,069	82.8%	57,470	1,572	446	26,479	6,055	19,861	63.4%
14/10					2,297	407
15/10	138,720	2,615	83.6%	61,869	2,179	400	27,123	5,253	21,324	65.4%
16/10					1,993
17/10	143,135	2,172	84.4%	65,605	1,838	301	29,087	5,131	23,376	67.2%
18/10					1,903
19/10	147,301	2,046	84.8%	69,206	1,749	273	27,121	4,168	22,476	69.3&
20/10					1,842	283
21/10	152,024	2,642	85.8%	73,233	2,235	374	28,577	5,220	22,889	70.8%
22/10	154,489	2,552	86.1%	75,340	2,189	345	28,714	5,050	23,230	71.7%
23/10
24/10	158,604	2,240	86.5%	78,821	1,935	296	30,074	4,626	24,993	72.5%
25/10					1,461
26/10	162,026	1,808	86.8%	81,662	1,510	284	29,446	4,399	24,715	73.4%
27/10					1,534
28/10					1,923
29/10	167,790	1,935	87.9%	86,563	1,656	269	27,944	3,960	23,730	76.2%
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Corona Virus Daily Stats Hospitalisation Etc – 29 Oct 2021 – Day 08 of Covid Lockdown V6.0 Lite
Date	Aus New Infection	Aus Hospital	Aus ICU	Aus Ventilate	Vic New Infection	Vic Hospital	Vic ICU	Vic Ventilate	AUS Daily Deaths	Vic Daily Deaths
01/10	2,066	1,483	300	166	1,143	395	87	59	20	3
02/10	2,360	1,468	302	156	1,488	429	97	54	12	2
03/10	1,928	1,494	298	153	1,220	476	98	57	13	3
04/10
05/10	2,406	1,535	298	161	1,763	517	101	66	11	4
06/10
07/10	2,272	1,517	305	165	1,638	564	115	74	10	2
08/10					1,823	620	114	76	16	5
09/10	2,574	1,437	288	163	1,965	578	117	83	16	5
10/10									11	5
11/10	2,144	1,490	295	170	1,612	677	133	94	16	8
12/10										8
13/10	2,069	1,463	306	173	1,572	705	146	92	17	13
14/10					2,297	706	147	100
15/10	2,615	1,413	311	183	2,179	695	157	101	11	6
16/10
17/10	2,172	1,440	299	170	1,838	777	151	94	16	6
18/10						851	155	103	12	7
19/10	2,046	1,420	288	174	1,749	784	149	100	15	11
20/10
21/10	2,642	1,343	276	165	2,335	779	141	96	13	12
22/10	2,552	1,307	281	166	2,189	784	145	94	21	16
23/10
24/10	2,240	1,312	277	165	1,935	787	146	93	15	11
25/10					1,461				44	7
26/10	1,808	1,315	266	150	1,510	817	147	88	5	4
27/10									16	13
28/10									27	25
29/10	1,935	1,126	216	122	1,656	738	130	85	12	10
30/10