BREAKING News: NSW and Victoria record 34 new COVID-19 deaths as Australia hits vaccine milestone

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Australia's protection, according to Health Minister Greg Hunt, is "right at the front of the greatest worldwide immunization rate."
On Sunday,  New South Wales reported 28 additional new COVID-19-related deaths, while Victoria reported six.
In NSW, there are 7,893 new COVID-19 cases, down from 8,389 on Saturday, and the number of patients in hospital has also decreased from 2,337 to 2,321.
There are 147 patients in ICU, down from 152 on Saturday.


 drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic in Sydney. Source: AAP


Over in Victoria, the state government said there were 7,169 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of active infections in the state to 60,917Of those cases, 562 are in hospitals, down from 687 on Saturday, and the number of patients in ICU is 73 and 28 of them are on ventilators.

The numbers come as Australia reached a COVID-19 vaccine milestone on Saturday.

A total of 95 per cent of Australians aged 12 and over have had at least one dose of a vaccine, Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Saturday.

The country's level of protection is now "right at the front of the highest global vaccination rate", Mr Hunt said.

"Very significantly, over the course of today we will also pass one million children between five and 11 years of age having had a vaccination," he said.

This rate of vaccination for children is also one of the highest in the world, he said.

The milestone was reached on the same day more than 2,000 anti-vaccine mandate protesters marched through Canberra, monitored by police.

The demonstrators marched from Glebe Park in Canberra city centre to Old Parliament House, then to the Federation Mall outside Parliament House.

The large crowd had dwindled to a handful of people by mid-afternoon, a spokesman for ACT Police said.

Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/ news

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