COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria

COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Victoria, Australia
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Melbourne
Arrival date	19 January 2020
Confirmed cases	2,987,961 ; (as of 3 November 2023)
Active cases	1,393 (as of 3 November 2023)
Hospitalised cases	233 (as of 3 November 2023)
Critical cases	13 (as of 3 November 2023)
Recovered	2,978,074 (as of 3 November 2023)
Deaths	8,494 (as of 3 November 2023)
Fatality rate	0.29%
Government website
	www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au

The COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria was part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in the state of Victoria, also the first in Australia, was identified as being on 19 January 2020, when a man from Wuhan arrived by air from Guandong, China. His test results on 25 January confirmed he had COVID-19.^[1]^[2]

^ "First confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Australia". Australian Government Department of Health (Press release). 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "First novel coronavirus case in Victoria". www2.health.vic.gov.au (Press release). Department of Health & Human Services. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[1] "First confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Australia". Australian Government Department of Health (Press release). 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[2] "First novel coronavirus case in Victoria". www2.health.vic.gov.au (Press release). Department of Health & Human Services. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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