Thread by @SharnelleVella

Who wants facts? 

It’s Sunday night - so we are QUICK facts tonight.

It’s a FAST whip around before we start the working week like Dolly doing 9-5.

Let’s talk ♥️

VAX TO THE MAX:

One dose numbers
Australia: 16,364,525
ACT: 319,001
NSW: 5,805,150
NT: 127,043
QLD: 2,768,451
SA: 997,150
TAS: 340,548
VIC: 4,432,890
WA: 1,402,691

Total doses: 28,630,736
Daily increase: 211,389
Last 7 days doses: 1,969,775

95.16 % of over 70s have had a first dose.
79.79% have received a second dose.

89.98% of over 50s have had a first dose
72.78% have received a second dose.

Full vax leaderboard
Australia: 56.5% (+0.56%)

NSW: 67.1% (+0.64%)
ACT: 66.6% (+0.93%)
TAS: 60.0% (+0.25%)
NT: 53.6% (+0.25%)
VIC: 52.1% (+0.67%)
SA: 51.2% (+0.38%)
QLD: 48.4% (+0.39%)
WA: 48.1% (+0.43%)

First dose leaderboard
Australia: 79.4% (+0.35%)

ACT: 92.7% (+0.62%)
NSW: 88.4% (+0.23%)
VIC: 82.0% (+0.51%)
TAS: 77.4% (+0.14%)
SA: 69.2% (+0.30%)
QLD: 67.3% (+0.72%)
NT: 66.7% (+0.14%)
WA: 66.3% (+0.38%)

(Leaderboards via @juliette_io)

TASSIE

One new case 😬

It’s a 15 year old boy and he arrived in Launceston from Melbourne on Friday.
He was on flight VA1364.

He was going to quarantine with family on arrival but will now be transferred to a medi hotel with his Dad.

Queen Victoria 👑

1220 cases
11,785active cases

476 in hospital (⬆️ 47 on yday)
98 in ICU (⬆️ 1 on yday)
57 on ventilators (⬆️ 3 on yday)
Three people have died.

Miss Rona Tour 2021:

NSW..

667 new cases
144 linked
523 mystery
58,811 cases since June 16

981 in hospital (⬇️ 24 on yday)
195 in ICU (⬇️ 7 on yday)
93 on ventilators (⬇️ 6 on yday)
10 people have died

Big drop in case numbers and the health people are happy - they say everyone needs to hold the line while everyone continues to vax.

And from Oct 11 besties who are fully vaxxed will only have to quarantine for seven days if they come into contact with a positive case.

ACT aka Ken Behrens

38 cases
22 locked
24 linked
342 cases total

14 in hospital
5 in ICU
3 on ventilators

SOUTHIES

One new case - a Mount Gambier woman in her 40s who’d been in Victoria.

They’re now reducing their border bubbles with Victoria and West Walkers from 70km down to 30km.

ACROSS THE DITCH

33 cases
13 locked
18 linked
Auckland: 1309
Wellington:17

26 in hospital
3 in ICU

Vaccines (total): 5,319,381
1st doses: 3,321,136
2nd doses: 1,998,245

Auckland:
1st doses: (84%)
2nd doses: (51%)

QLD/NT/WA

All in the no new cases club.

More on them ⬇️

WEST WALKERS
Ok - there’s a bit going on sis!
An Australian diplomat has tested positive after arriving from Serbia annnnnd remember that tanker from yesterday? Yep. There are 12 positives from that ship. Gulp!

Jane’s weather: 👱🏼‍♀️ ☀️

Brisbane: hot & ☀️ 32
Sydney: ☀️ 28
Canberra: dry much of day 18, late 🌦
Melbourne: mostly dry am, lots gusty🌦arvo & eve. Just 16
Hobart: 18 before arvo eve 🌦
Adelaide: lots gusty 🌦16
Perth: dry much of day 20, late 🌦
Darwin: 🌤 33

@JaneBunn

Did you know the Great Ocean Road is the world’s largest war memorial? Construction began in 1919 and over 3000 return soldiers worked on the project living in camps between Eastern View and Skenes Creek. It was designed to connect isolated communities on Victoria's coastline.