Australia news LIVE Victoria records 1488 new coronavirus cases braces for protests NSWs new cases fall to 813 the day after Premiers resignation Queensland records two cases easing grand final concerns
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Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas and COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar are scheduled to provide an update on the coronavirus situation after the state posted a record number of COVID-19 infections overnight.
You can watch it below.
The ACT has recorded 52 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 today as the total number of active cases increased to 319.
Victoria’s COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar has just provided a breakdown of the state’s 1488 new cases.
They are:
Mr Weimar said there was now a total of 95 active cases in regional Victoria, including 39 in the Mitchell Shire, 34 in Shepparton, and 32 in the Moorabool Shire.
He said one of today’s new cases was linked to a grand final party attended by 17 people over the AFL Grand Final weekend.
We are also monitoring protest groups in Melbourne.
We have reporters and photographers on the ground amid discussion in social media groups that protesters will look to again gather near the Royal Botanic Gardens where Victoria Police riot squad members have already been spotted.
A number of uniform and plain clothes police officers have gathered on Princes Bridge near Flinders Street Station.
A number of uniform and plain clothes police officers have corralled on Princes Bridge near Flinders Street Station.Credit:Ashleigh McMillan
A “very, very unhappy†Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has launched a long, detailed and sharp spray at the Commonwealth government after it refused to co-fund the new business support package for the construction industry.
Mr Pallas announced the $196.6 million support package for construction businesses against a backdrop of a record day of new cases and said the grants to the sector would have been doubled if the federal government had not refused to co-fund the support package.
“It is beyond reason or comprehension why this industry, which will struggle of course as a consequence of the challenges that they’ve had to confront over the last few weeks, are not getting the support that they would otherwise expect,†Mr Pallas said.
The Treasurer said the federal government had funded a similar package for NSW, giving them a “free kick†in what was “blatant†favourable treatment for the state. He said the government’s “small-mindedness†was going to hurt Victorians who were ignored.
Here’s some more of what he had to say:
NSW shut down their construction industry and the Commonwealth were very quick to support that industry.
Politics seems to have trumped common sense when we’re talking about standing behind an industry that needs support.
They can threaten, they can withdraw funding, they can do whatever they want in an economic sense.
But the public health of the community is our number one priority. This is quite perverse given that the state government is committed to the national road map.
Make no mistake, this is churlishness, this is mean-spirited behaviour, and it hurts an industry that doesn’t deserve this treatment.
The Treasurer has also provided further detail on the two people who died with COVID-19 in Victoria in the last reporting period.
They were a man in his 60s from Hume and a man in his 60s from the Mornington Peninsula.
“We pass on our deepest condolences to the friends and family of these individuals and we know it will be a very difficult time for them,†Mr Pallas said during Saturday’s coronavirus update.
Mr Pallas said there were 429 in hospital with COVID-19 in Victoria.
Of those, 97 were in intensive care, and 54 were on a ventilator.
As of yesterday, 73.5 per cent of the people in hospital had not received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 21.5 per cent were partially vaccinated, and 5 per cent were fully vaccinated, Mr Pallas said.
Treasurer Tim Pallas said more than 70,000 construction businesses would qualify for grants to soften the blow from the state’s shutdown of the industry.
The package will allow for one-off payments to eligible businesses, including sole-traders, to cover the period from September 21 through to October 4.
Eligible non-employing sole trader businesses will receive a one-off payment of $2000, increasing to $2800 for businesses with a payroll of up to $650,000, $5600 for a payroll of $650,000 to $3 million and $8400 for a payroll between $3 million - $10 million.
Guidelines will be published at business.vic.gov.au
With South Sydney set to play Penrith in tomorrow’s NRL Grand Final, NSW health authorities have urged fans to follow the state’s COVID-19 rules.
“Although I hope everyone enjoys the game, I want to remind people to continue to follow the safety rules to keep yourself and your loved ones and your community safe,†NSW Health’s Dr Jeremy McAnulty said on Saturday.
“Social gatherings are not permitted in homes because you run the risk of spreading the virus, and the number of fully vaccinated adults who can gather outdoors remains limited to five.
Victorian health authorities attributed a 50 per cent spike in daily case numbers on Thursday to gatherings held for the AFL Grand Final last weekend.
NSW Health authorities remain concerned by the spread of the virus in some parts of Sydney, including Penrith.
Dr McAnulty singled out the western Sydney suburb alongside Campbelltown, Guildford, Bankstown, Liverpool, Mount Pritchard, Belfield and Merrylands as places where residents should particularly watch for symptoms.
“This weekend, even though we might want to celebrate and watch football, it’s important we maintain those rules to keep each other safe, and importantly, please come forward for vaccination.â€
High numbers are continuing to be seen in the Illawarra region, south of Sydney, where 72 new cases were reported.There were 65 new cases reported in the Hunter-New England region, including 25 in Lake Macquarie and 21 in Newcastle.
The United States reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone today, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief.
It took three and a half months to go from 600,000 to 700,000 deaths, driven by the variant’s rampant spread through unvaccinated Americans. The death toll is larger than the population of Boston.
This milestone is especially frustrating for public health leaders and medical professionals on the front lines because vaccines have been available to all eligible Americans for nearly six months and the shots overwhelmingly protect against hospitalisations and death.
An estimated 70 million eligible Americans remain unvaccinated, providing kindling for the variant.
“You lose patients from COVID and it should not happen,†said Debi Delapaz, a nurse manager at UF Health Jacksonville.
Nationwide, the number of people now in the hospital with COVID-19 has fallen to somewhere around 75,000 from over 93,000 in early September. New cases are on the downswing at about 112,000 per day on average, a drop of about one-third over the past two and a half weeks.
Deaths, too, appear to be declining, averaging about 1,900 a day versus more than 2,000 about a week ago.
The easing of the summer surge has been attributed to more mask wearing and more people getting vaccinated.
The decrease in case numbers could also be due to the virus having burned through susceptible people and running out of fuel in some places.
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NSW has reported 813 new local coronavirus cases on Saturday, from 98,266 tests.
Ten people have died from COVID-19 since yesterday’s update, including a person in their 50s, three people in their 60s, two people in their 70s, three people in their 80s, and one person in their 90s.
One of the deaths was a man in his 60s from western Sydney who caught COVID-19 at Mount Druitt Hospital.
The man had received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine but had underlying health conditions, NSW Health’s Dr Jeremy McAnulty said.
An unvaccinated man in his 60s from inner Sydney died at home and tested positive after his death.
A man in his 80s from the Lake Macquarie area also died at home while receiving care from the local health district.
He had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions. Of the other deaths reported, five were from south-west Sydney, one was from western Sydney and one was from the Wollongong area.
Three were not vaccinated and four had received one dose.
There were 1,005 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital on Saturday, with 202 people in intensive care, 99 of whom require ventilation.
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