4Aged care deaths on Friday 31/7. Active aged care cases: 928
10Aged care deaths on Thursday 30/7. Active aged care cases: 913
7Aged care deaths on Wednesday 29/7. Active aged care cases: 804
4Aged care death on Tuesday 28/7. Active aged care cases: 769
5Aged care deaths on Monday 27/7. Active aged care cases: 683
The daily numbers read like a tragic brain-teaser: 560, 683, 769, 804, 913, 928. Total COVID-19 infections in Melbourne's aged care homes rose this week, irregularly, scarily. And as they did, a separate, deadlier, pattern emerged – seven, five, four, seven, 10, four – tolling the number of new deaths from those cases.
The numbers from Victoria's health department may not have been predictable, but for Joe Ibrahim the situation was.
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