New figures reveal the number of vaccinated Victorians

New figures reveal how many Victorians have had the Covid jab, with some surprising figures emerging in the vaccine rollout.

Middle-aged Victorians are leading the charge to get jabbed to protect themselves against Covid-19.

The state has the highest percentage of people aged from 40-59 years that have received a Covid-19 vaccine out of all Australian states.

The new data, released on Wednesday, comes as Scott Morrison said Christmas would look very different to what Aussies were experiencing now.

More than 11.5 million Covid-19 doses have been administered nationwide, with two-thirds of Victorians over 50 having had one dose.

Figures show Victoria has administered the highest amount of vaccine doses.

Vaccine figures show one in two Victorians aged 50-59 have had at least one shot.

This is higher than New South Wales and Queensland, which are both yet to get half of that cohort immunised.

Almost 50 per cent of those aged 40-49 in Victoria have done their bit for the community, compared with one in three in NSW.

National cabinet will on Friday discuss modelling from the Doherty Institute that leaders will use to set targets for vaccination and easing of restrictions.

About half of Victorians in the 40-59 age group in Victoria have had at least one dose.

“I would expect by Christmas that we would be seeing a very different Australia to what we are seeing now,” the Prime Minister said.

“What we want to do is make sure we set these targets right.

“Then all of Australia, like our Olympians, we go for gold on getting those vaccination rates where we need to go.”

Mr Morrison said Australia now had the supplies, the distribution, pharmacists, GPs, and vaccination clinics in place to give a jab to everyone who wants one by the end of the year.

“We make a gold-medal run all the way to the end of this year, and the sooner we get there, the sooner we get there,” he said.

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