Drop in number of COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals

The number of COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals has dropped below 500 for the first time in more than a month. 471 people are in hospital with the virus with 84 in intensive care and 46 on a ventilator. The state recorded 1,003 cases and another 14 people have died with the virus.

Health care workers are seen in the COVID vaccination hub at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Melbourne. Source: AAP