Blog Day 587 - Sunday 14 November 2021 - Day 16 of Covid Normal

A bit of a big day yesterday, I met some friends for lunch and a couple of drinks at the Auburn Hotel, previously known as The Geebung Polo Club.

I think that this may have been the first trip to a pub for some of us, including me, since coming out of lockdown and the draught beers were going down remarkably well.  And as the day and the evening wore on not only the beers were going down well but some wine and later a number of cocktails at various venues in the Hawthorn region.

Ubered safely home and feeling a little worse for wear this morning.  It was great to see the venues busy and lots of people out and about.  

The vaccination rates continue to rise although slowing a little, currently Australia wide 90.3% of the eligible population have received their first dose and 82.8% are fully vaccinated.  In Victoria we are now measuring the figures for the eligible population of 16+ years of age and also the eligible population at 12+ years of age.

Currently the 16+ figure for 1st dose in Victoria is 92.7% and for 12+ it is 92.2%.  For fully vaxed, 87.1% of the 16+ population is double dosed and 86.1% of the 12+ eligible population.

The federal government has announced it will be rolling out vaccinations for the 5 to 11 year olds in January next year.  The dosage of the Pfizer vaccine for this age group is 10 micrograms compared to 30 micrograms for the adult dose.

Whilst the vaccination rates continue to rise the daily number of new infections continue to decline.  In Victoria in the last 24 hours we recoded 905 new infections compared to 1,221 in the previous 24 hours and 1,115 the day before that.

In the last 24 hours Victoria received the results of 64,000 tests.  Now here is a figure for you, during the full period of the pandemic, Australia wide there has been nearly 46,000,000 tests conducted, and that includes my two tests.  When you think about it this is a remarkable feat of logistics and public health.

A friend of mine who is a school teacher was designated a level two contact of an infected person and it was recommended that he undertake a rapid antigen test.  So down to the local pharmacy he hied and purchased a pack of 5 tests, tested himself and tested negative.  

The high vaccination rates and the availability of rapid testing kits look like they may be the game changers that we have all been looking for.

Currently in Victoria there are 394 patients in hospital due to the virus, with 405 and 426 reported in the previous 2 days.  The ICU and ventilator numbers continue to decline with 75 patients currently in ICU and 46 on ventilators.  Unfortunately in Victoria we recorded 4 deaths in the last 24 hours and 4 more in the 24 hours before that.

        Corona Virus Daily Stats – 14 November 2021 – Day 16 of Covid Normal

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

30/10

169,379

1,601

87.9%

87,918

1,355

237

25,314

3,972

21,095

76.2%

31/10

 

 

 

 

930

166

 

 

 

 

01/11

 

 

 

 

1,437

129

 

 

 

 

02/11

 

 

 

 

956

171

 

 

 

 

03/11

 

 

 

 

909

187

 

 

 

 

04/11

175,830

1,556

88.7%

93,373

1,247

309

20,971

3,144

17,674

78.5%

05/11

 

 

 

 

1,343

 

 

 

 

 

06/11

178,927

1,559

89%

95,917

1,268

271

19,984

3,168

16,662

79.6%

07/11

 

1,433

 

 

1,126

 

 

 

 

 

08/11

 

1,326

 

 

1,087

 

 

 

 

 

09/11

182,870

1,313

89.4%

99,183

1,069

224

18,607

2,831

15,607

80.6%

10/11

 

 

 

 

1,003

 

 

 

 

 

11/11

185,627

1,589

89.7%

101,451

1,313

264

18,498

2,799

15,675

81.5%

12/11

 

 

 

 

1,115

 

 

 

 

 

13/11

 

 

 

 

1,221

 

 

 

 

 

14/11

189,407

1,116

90.3%

104,665

905

196

20,423

2,928

17,302

82.8%

15/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

























Corona Virus Daily Stats Hospitalisation Etc – 14 November 2021 – Day 16 of Covid Normal

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

30/10

1,601

1,113

222

121

1,355

747

135

83

14

11

31/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

01/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

02/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

03/11

 

 

 

 

909

 

 

 

 

8

04/11

1,556

979

180

110

1,247

660

114

78

13

9

05/11

 

 

 

 

1,343

 

 

 

14

10

06/11

1,559

932

162

98

1,268

651

106

70

10

7

07/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

9

08/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

5

09/11

1,313

849

133

76

1,069

579

90

55

14

10

10/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

14

11/11

1,589

703

119

64

1,313

457

79

48

4

3

12/11

 

 

 

 

 

426

82

50

11

9

13/11

 

 

 

 

 

405

77

51

4

4

14/11

1,116

639

107

62

905

394

75

46

5

4

15/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








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