General News
7 February, 2022
Wimmera records 40 new COVID cases
Free to read: Latest COVID-19 case show an increase in recorded numbers following the weekend.
WIMMERA local government areas saw a slight increase in numbers recorded following the weekend.
In the Horsham municipality there were 19 new cases reported, taking overall active cases to 132 on February 6.
Numbers have remained steady in the Northern Grampians with eight new cases recorded, taking total active cases to 97.
In Hindmarsh there were five new cases recorded for 38 active cases, overall, with Yarriambiack also recording five new cases, taking the active cases tally to 20.
West Wimmera saw a minor increase in cases with three new cases recorded, leading to 20 active cases, overall.
In the last 24 hours, there were a total of 2703 new cases recorded through PCR tests in Victoria and 4466 cases that returned positive via Rapid Antigen Tests.
652 COVID-19 cases currently remain in hospital with a total of six deaths reported.
In all, there are 60,917 active cases in the state.
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15 pop-up clinics will be open this weekend in primary schools in Victoria to deliver more vaccines to local communities.
Children do not have to attend these schools to get a vaccine and the pop-up sites are available for people of any age to get their COVID-19 vaccines.
A change in the way the Victorian Department of Health allocates positive test results from RATs has been attributed to a significant increase in Horsham LGA’s active COVID cases.
Positive results from RATs were recorded by the state government starting in early January but were not attributed to a geographical area. COVID case statistics had only shown results from PCR tests.
This changed Saturday, February 5 with positive RATs results attributing to local areas, leading to a spike in COVID case numbers.
The Wimmera Health Care Group drive through testing service on Read Street, Horsham with the entry on Arnott Street is open 8am to 11am daily.
The Horsham Respiratory Clinic is open for COVID-19 testing on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 5pm, Tuesday from 9am to 5pm, Friday from 9.20am to 5pm, Saturday from 10am to 1pm and Sunday from 9am to 12.20pm.
Bookings can be made through the below link:
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