Victoria has reported a huge surge in Covid case numbers with the new daily figure almost doubling to a record high of 14,020.
Covid cases in Victoria have ballooned with 14,020 new infections diagnosed overnight.
Three people also died with the virus.
The figure has almost doubled from Monday’s 8577 cases.
There are now 56 active cases in intensive care, with 24 of those on a ventilator – the same figure as Monday.
The new numbers comes a day after Health Minister Martin Foley took a swing at the federal government for the lack of rapid antigen tests.
Mr Foley slammed Scott Morrison on Monday for shifting the burden to state leaders.
“What we’re seeing consistently from the Prime Minister is his ability to transfer responsibility to the states, ”he said.
“That’s just the way this Prime Minister operates.
“The states clearly have a view that freely available rapid antigen testing, as part of an ongoing response to Omicron, forms part of what should be a national response.
“In lieu of that national response, the states have to fill the void.”
Mr Foley said he expected the first few hundred thousand rapid antigen tests, which are part of a 34 million order by the Andrews government, would start arriving this week.
Mr Morrison had earlier confirmed he would not make rapid antigen tests free.
The Prime Minister claimed Australia was now at a stage of the pandemic where not everything could be made free.“ We already make them free to everyone who is required to have one,” Mr Morrison told Sunrise on Monday.
“They are also tax deductible.”
NSW recorded 23,131 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.
Originally published as Victoria reports record 14,020 new Covid cases and three deaths
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