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
Kevin writes from the perspective of being an Englishmen in rural Australia. His interests and activities include - but are not limited to - health - Integrative Medicine including LLLT/PBM, inclusive theology, liturgical music and choral direction, writing (fiction, poetry and opinion pieces) and the local rural community.