There are 801 people being treated in the pubic system, up from 744 yesterday, but Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said he was not concerned about the increase."We need to be looking at the seven-day period and it will be more telling what we see towards the end of the week in terms of whether we're continuing to see the downward trend."Two of the people who died were unvaccinated, eight had received two doses and none had received a booster shot.
"That's why we've been saying all along that the priority for boosters should be in aged care residents.LIVE UPDATES: Read our blog for the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic"The Commonwealth reports that currently 100 per cent of all facilities have been visited for vaccinations, but we don't know how many have been visited for boosters and most importantly, how many residents overall have received their booster," she said.
"This should be their responsibility, but they keep asking us to use our resources to do this work for them," she said.
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