ALPINE Shire recorded 50 new cases of COVID–19 in the seven days between Thursday, November 24 and December 1, with a total of 44 active cases reported last Friday, according to the State Government's weekly COVID–19 update.
This is up from 27 cases reported over the previous seven days and only 24 active cases reported in the government's weekly report on Friday, November 25.
According to the Victorian chief health officer, COVID–19 cases have been rising steadily since late October and the total number of COVID–19 patients in hospital has increased three–fold since October 19.
There were 26,971 COVID–19 cases reported in Victoria last week, an increase of 21.4 per cent on the previous week.
The average daily number of new cases last week was 3853, up from 3183 the previous week.
The seven–day rolling average of patients with COVID in Victorian hospitals is 550, a 27.9 per cent increase when compared to the same time the week before.
As of Friday, there were 625 COVID patients in Victorian hospitals, with 28 COVID patients in intensive care including four cleared cases.
There were eight COVID patients on a ventilator.
The seven–day rolling average of patients in intensive care in Victorian hospitals is 21.
