There are 752 folks with the virus hospitalised, with 104 in ICU and 23 on a ventilator.
State COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar stated of as we speak's figures, 80 per cent are the Omicron variant.
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Mr Weimar stated in response to current sequencing performed by state well being authorities, Omicron is "considerably" displacing the Delta variant.
He stated an estimated 9000 of as we speak's figures are from fast exams registered on-line, however the state remains to be "catching up" with excessive testing demand.
"We're not at the usual that we anticipate to be at," Mr Weimar stated.
"We have now excessive expectations right here in Victoria about velocity and return of PCR take a look at outcomes and a good bit of labor nonetheless to do, however I believe that the labs have made vital floor within the final 4 to 5 days and I do know there's been difficult measures to undertake this."
Mr Weimar stated like many companies and plenty of organisations struggling, testing groups try to ensure they've ample workers obtainable to work on bringing by way of ends in a well timed method.
Mr Weimar stated about half of PCR take a look at outcomes are being returned inside 48 hours, however the different half are taking longer than two days to come back again.
"In the event you're ready for a PCR take a look at outcome, please be assured that you'll get a outcome, you'll get a message from the lab in some unspecified time in the future," he stated.
"It is probably not as fast as we wish, however the occasions are beginning to come down and you'll get a swift outcome."
Mr Weimar stated he was conscious Melbourne Pathology made the choice yesterday to not course of exams older than seven days within the labs and this was broadly agreed upon after discussions.
"There is a very low utility in processing take a look at outcomes that outdated. I apologise to the 7000 individuals who obtained these Melbourne Pathology messages that stated they won't be persevering with to course of their take a look at pattern," he stated.
Mr Weimar stated he encourages anyone who remains to be symptomatic in that cohort or nonetheless involved to please come ahead and get one other PCR or a fast antigen take a look at.
"It's all a part of that vital problem that we had over the Christmas and New Yr interval with the 300,000 or so journey exams that we needed to course of and all the different challenges over that interval."
As we speak's numbers comply with yesterday's case file of 51,356, which was spurred partially as a result of fast antigen exams being included within the each day numbers for the primary time.
Yesterday's numbers included a backlog of RAT outcomes from the earlier week.
Regardless of the upper numbers in current days, Well being Minister Greg Hunt stated it's "very heartening that there are solely 76 sufferers on air flow for COVID-19 throughout the nation".
Mr Hunt stated 141,000 boosters have been administered yesterday, forming a part of 164,000 vaccine doses given out in complete and this was Australia's "highest Saturday since October".
"At a nationwide degree, we've surpassed 94.7 per cent first doses. We're nearby of 95 per cent which has all the time been seen as the total vaccination degree, however we need to maintain pushing. Our over 50 inhabitants are nearly 99 per cent, and we've handed the 92 per cent determine for second doses," he stated.
Mr Hunt additionally stated round 1.25 million vaccines have been delivered final week, and thanked the "unimaginable work by our GPs, our pharmacists, and the state clinics aren't any coming again on-line... in addition to our Indigenous medical clinics".
Talking yesterday, Well being Minister Martin Foley stated the reporting of RATs was precisely what the state authorities needed to see.
"That is in lots of respects precisely what we needed to occur, and we thank all these folks for reporting their COVID-19 standing to us," Mr Foley stated.
"It is given us a practical image of transmission locally. We knew there have been undiagnosed instances on the market.
"Having this lifelike determine permits us to place extra folks in touch with the assist they want."
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