For Victorians Only
If you thought you were safe from Covid-19 because you live in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, or out bush somewhere, think again. DHHS publishes a table of case numbers by local government area, but the table is waaaaay down the very bottom of the daily report. I’m ashamed to say I only found it today myself, so I thought it might help if everyone could check their own area.
[Note: On the DHHS website, the table is sorted by number of cases. I copied the DHHS table and sorted it by locality to make it easier to find your own area]
New cases of Covid-19 by locality name
LGAConfirmed cases (ever)Active cases (current)ALPINE10ARARAT50BALLARAT2411BANYULE288147BASS COAST61BAW BAW93BAYSIDE6326BENALLA30BOROONDARA15152BRIMBANK730481BULOKE00CAMPASPE50CARDINIA5324CASEY296149CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS10COLAC OTWAY4646CORANGAMITE10DAREBIN19391EAST GIPPSLAND21FRANKSTON6218GANNAWARRA20GLEN EIRA9028GLENELG65GOLDEN PLAINS96GREATER BENDIGO144GREATER DANDENONG11884GREATER GEELONG10429GREATER SHEPPARTON171HEPBURN20HINDMARSH00HOBSONS BAY13373HORSHAM107HUME728338INDIGO00INTERSTATE857KINGSTON8242KNOX5526LATROBE134LODDON41MACEDON RANGES188MANNINGHAM9340MANSFIELD41MARIBYRNONG205117MAROONDAH4020MELBOURNE542281MELTON318195MILDURA50MITCHELL349MOIRA110MONASH11849MOONEE VALLEY473227MOORABOOL129MORELAND429238MORNINGTON PENINSULA8014MOUNT ALEXANDER71MOYNE10MURRINDINDI20NILLUMBIK5524NORTHERN GRAMPIANS30OVERSEAS50PORT PHILLIP11142PYRENEES00QUEENSCLIFFE00SOUTH GIPPSLAND94SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS20STONNINGTON15539STRATHBOGIE20SURF COAST144SWAN HILL62TOTAL77443995TOWONG00UNKNOWN4946WANGARATTA20WARRNAMBOOL50WELLINGTON130WEST WIMMERA10WHITEHORSE9749WHITTLESEA379245WODONGA10WYNDHAM756474YARRA218126YARRA RANGES5726YARRIAMBIACK10
I live in the Shire of Nillumbik, and guess what? Yup, we have 24 active cases. I was shocked. This virus is spreading like a grass fire.
And now a basic little chart of how the new cases have been rising since May 1, 2020 [that’s when I started recording daily cases on my spreadsheet].
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This is a link to the Daniel Andrews update posted 2 hours ago. In that update he confirms that one of the men who succumbed to Covid-19 overnight was in his 40s. Bear that in mind as you read the rest of this post.
And finally a plea : if you won’t wear a mask to protect others, please wear one to protect yourself.
Quite apart from the threat of fines, evidence is growing of long term health problems in many of those who get Covid-19 and recover. According to data from Italy, 87% of recovered patients in the study had some symptoms/health problems for up to 2 months afterwards. Only 13% reported no symptoms/problems at all.
The following graphic is a screenshot taken from the Med Cram video on ‘Long Haulers’ – i.e. those who continue to have symptoms after the virus is gone:
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The next graphic is from the same Med Cram video:
[image error]Breakdown of data regarding Covid-19 ‘Long Haulers’
What the graphic shows is the breakdown of the data. These are the important bits:
143 recovered patients were studiedall of the patients were sick enough to be admitted to hospitalthe median age of the patients in the study was 56 [median means that there were just as many patients younger than 56 as there were older than 56. So it’s not an ‘average’]13% of patients studied had no symptoms/health problems after recovering from the virus32% had 1-2 symptoms/health problems for up to 2 months after recovering from the virus55% had 3 or more symptoms/health problems for up to 2 months after recovering from the virus.
So, if you get sick enough to be hospitalised, you’re going to feel pretty awful for quite some time afterwards. But who is this ‘you’?
To find out, I searched for ‘long haulers’ and ‘covid-19’ on Youtube. I found so much more than I ever expected. This video is about a 38 year old woman who’s been battling the after effects of Covid-19 for months:
This next video gives some info about how many ‘long haulers’ there are:
We have to rethink our response to Covid-19. It is not just a danger to ‘oldies’. It is not just a danger to people with co-morbidities. It is a danger to all of us, of any age.
Next time you go out, ask yourself if you want to become one of the ‘long haulers’. If the answer is no, wear a mask and stay away from those who don’t.
cheers
Meeks
