Scott Morrison says Australia’s lockdown measures have HALVED the rate of coronavirus infections in the past week
Half as many Australians are catching coronavirus as a week ago with the borders, pubs, and restaurants shut, Scott Morrison claims.
The Prime Minister said a week ago the rate of virus infections was to 25 to 30 per cent a day, but slowed to about 13-15 per cent in the past few days.
‘They are still strong rates of increase, there’s no doubt about that,’ he said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a week ago the rate of virus infections was to 25 to 30 per cent a day, but slowed to about 13-15 per cent in the past few days
‘But as we take the measures that we have been taking and put them in place and we have the co-operation from the Australian people, then that obviously in turn that has an impact on how we are managing the spread of the virus.’
Australia has 3,929 cases, rising by the hour, but only a handful in intensive care units or on ventilators and 242 patients have recovered.
Victoria recorded a big jump in cases overnight taking the state total to 769. NSW rose to 1,791 – well over double any other state.