{"id":1024,"date":"2021-09-07T09:09:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T09:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2021-09-07T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T09:09:13","slug":"covid-19-victoria-246-local-cases-as-pace-of-vaccination-accelerates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Victoria: 246 local cases as pace of vaccination accelerates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria has recorded 246 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19, as the state government expresses concern over the federal government&#8217;s planned allocation of Pfizer doses for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news_crops\/126737\/eight_col_000_9F6388.jpg?1626825617\" alt=\"Pedestrians wearing face masks walk through Melbourne's Southbank on 16 July 2021, following a fresh Covid-19 lockdown.\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Contact tracers have so far linked 90 of the cases to existing outbreaks, but the number of those people who were in the community while infectious is no longer being reported each day.<\/p>\n<p>The cases were detected from 43,858 test results processed on Monday, when 32,300 doses of vaccine were delivered at state-run sites.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/450855\/victoria-records-246-covid-19-cases-as-regional-restrictions-may-be-set-to-ease\">recorded 246 new cases two days in a row<\/a>. 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