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43 new cases in Victoria and 9 deaths as Andrews defends metropolitan curfew
Sep 11 2020
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The Weekly Source

There were 43 new cases reported in Victoria on Friday, a slight drop on Thursday’s total of 51.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the numbers in his daily briefing, which brings the state’s total number of active cases to 1,336, including 665 cases linked to aged care.

To give you some perspective, this time last month Victoria had 7,880 active cases and 1,838 linked to aged care.

The state saw nine more deaths including a woman in her 50s, a woman in her 70s, three men in their 80s and four women in their 90s, bringing the death toll to 710.

Seven of these have been connected to aged care outbreaks.

The major aged care outbreaks include:

  • 240 cases linked to BaptCare Wyndham Lodge Community in Werribee (2 new cases since Thursday)
  • 217 cases linked to Epping Gardens Aged Care in Epping (1 new case since Thursday)
  • 210 cases linked to St Basil’s Home for the Aged in Fawkner (2 new cases since Thursday)
  • 165 cases linked to Estia Aged Care Facility in Ardeer (1 new case since Thursday)
  • 139 cases linked to Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes in Kilsyth (no new cases since Friday last week)
  • 127 cases linked to Twin Parks Aged Care in Reservoir (no new cases since Friday last week)
  • 127 cases have been linked to BlueCross Ruckers Hill Aged Care Facility in Northcote (3 new cases since Thursday)
  • 124 cases linked to Cumberland Manor Aged Care Facility in Sunshine North (no new cases since Monday)
  • 119 cases linked to Japara Goonawarra Aged Care Facility in Sunbury (no new cases since Tuesday)
  • 118 cases linked to Estia Aged Care Facility in Heidelberg (1 new case since Wednesday)

There are 140 Victorians in hospital with COVID, including 12 in ICU and eight on a ventilator.

Curfew key to limiting movement – Andrews

The Premier defended Melbourne’s curfew in the briefing.

“What it shows you is quite a massive drop in the amount of movement that we have seen right across Melbourne while the curfew has been on, and what’s clear, if you can limit movement, you will limit the spread of this virus,” he said.

This comes on the heels of a Roy Morgan poll on Thursday, where 70% of the 2,325 people surveyed said they approved of the Premier’s handling of the pandemic and 63% said they believed the curfew should remain in place.

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