General News
16 March, 2023
COVID still active in communities
While COVID cases have declined significantly in the region, active cases are still being recorded and now is the time for your next COVID-19 vaccine. As of the latest figures released on March 10, the Central Goldfields Shire has five active cases...
While COVID cases have declined significantly in the region, active cases are still being recorded and now is the time for your next COVID-19 vaccine.
As of the latest figures released on March 10, the Central Goldfields Shire has five active cases. There’s been a total 4377 cases since the pandemic began.
There were none in the Pyrenees Shire (2503 total), 10 active in Mount Alexander (7732 total), nine in Hepburn (5613 total) and one in Loddon (2138 total).
Ballarat had one of the highest rates of new cases in the state, with 29 new cases and 108 active.
Greater Bendigo had 86 active.
While more than 95 percent of Central Goldfields Shire residents have had their first and second doses of the vaccine, 80.6 percent have had three jabs, and only 55 percent have had four.
The Pyrenees Shire is slightly behind with 78.8 percent of residents receiving their third dose and 51.7 percent their fourth.
Figures show 84.2 percent of Mount Alexander Shire residents have received a third jab, and 58.2 percent a fourth.
Hepburn’s vaccination rates were almost exactly the same as Central Goldfields while Loddon was slightly behind on the third (76.5 percent) and fourth (46.4 percent) doses.
You can have your booster dose six months after your last dose or COVID infection.
The 2023 booster dose is available now to everyone aged 18 and over, and at risk children between 5 and 17.
Vaccines are available at Maryborough’s Priceline and Guardian pharmacies.
To find other vaccination locations visit covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/booking