Be Aware - Covid-19 Cases are growing - June 2020 compared to June 2024

The following was published today in Melbourne's The Age newspaper.

"...There are 361 COVID-19 patients in hospital, more than double the 170 patients who were hospitalised with the virus at the same time last month. Twenty-one of those patients are in intensive care, with eight on ventilators."

The first Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were introduced 0n the 16th of March 2020, further restrictions were imposed on June 20, 2020, followed by tighter restriction imposed on 10 Melbourne postcodes and a number of public housing towers on June 30,2020, following a rise is cases.

In Victoria:

On 1 June 2020 there were:

6 cases in hospital

1 case in ICU

0 cases on a ventilator

On 20 June 2020 (when increased lockdowns and restrictions came in) there were:

5 cases in hospital

2 cases in ICU

0 cases on a ventilator

However, the number of positive tests (at June 20, 2020) were spiking.

On 1 June 2024 there are:

361 cases in hospital

21 cases in ICU

8 cases on a ventilator

YET

We are not required to wear masks
Plastic shields have been removed from pharmacies and supermarkets
There are no restrictions on people movement or public gatherings
Hand sanitisation is rarely offered in shops or public places
Churches are again offering Holy Communion from the Common Cup
many people a re using C-19 testing kits that are out of day and un-reliable.

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