Spotlight on COVID-19 epidemic recovery in the Democratic People's Republic of Coburgistan

Moreland is a nearby Melbourne council (local government area, LGA) area that the Pundit knows well and loves dearly, from the delights of Sydney Road with the best cheap Turkish food restaurants in Melbourne, to convenient shopping at Coburg Bunning’s north of Bell Street. It’s ethically diverse, and culturally memorable — including arthouse movies at Old Pentridge Jail and bird-watching at Merri Creek.

This LGA is a good indicator for any success of Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccination drive. State chairman Dan Andrews has strong local support among a diverse mixture of housing and community lifestyles ranging from older western Mediterranean immigrant groups to higher-income professional couples who enjoy the “inner city” ambience. Vaccine take-up has been high.

Although there has been a steady stream of local COVD-19 infection, this should soon be controlled by the successful rollout of SARS-CoV2 vaccines, including vaccination of high-school children.

Here is a graphic showing the current status of epidemic control in Moreland:

on this graphic both new COVID-19 cases per day (blue bars) and level of double-dose vaccine injection per 100 persons (orange) among the full population.

Since 8 September there is a trend of modest growth in daily new cases. Vaccine coverage has reached levels where some impact on household and community transmission should now be occurring.

The Pundit will keep up updating this graphic as the Moreland epidemic results come through over the next weeks