Four people also died while positive with Covid and that number is expected to get worse as more sick and unvaccinated Victorians enter hospital. The new cases were diagnosed form 62,189 tests and 35,253 vaccine doses were administered in state-run facilities on Wednesday. Authorities are racing to identify all vulnerable young patients who were exposed to a Covid-19 outbreak at a Melbourne children's hospital cancer ward. A patient's parent spent at least four days at the Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville while infectious, with the exposure period stretching from October 1 to October 4. Ms McDonald said some children are turning up to the hospital with other illnesses or injuries and then testing positive for Covid.

Source: The Nation October 06, 2021 21:56 UTC