Map of coronavirus outbreaks in Victoria.

 I thought it would be interesting to create a map of coronavirus outbreaks in Victoria. The reason is many aged care facilities have had large outbreaks, so areas may look like there's a large number of cases, but actually the cases are limited and contained to a single location, or that's what I thought.

https://www.mapz.com.au/coronavirusvictoria/outbreaks/

As it turns out things are much more complicated. In some areas such as Melton there's been a large number of cases, but no large outbreak, although do keep in mind that data I've gathered isn't complete. Cranbourne is similar.

In Kilsyth there's been a single large outbreak at the Kirkbrea aged care of 132, but according to postcode data as of today, there's only been 79 cases. That indicates a large number of workers from outside the area have been infected with the coronavirus.

In the Craigieburn postcode area there's been 833 cases. There's also been an outbreak at Arcare Craigieburn of 94 and Fresh Plus of 7. This would indicate a large number of residents contracting coronavirus.

It really is interesting to look at the data and see things you wouldn't otherwise see. To put to rest assumptions you've made that are often wrong,

I've often said our world is crazy because often we can only get a job quite a distance from where we live, when there's probably a suitable job somewhere close to us. Some of the coronavirus postcode figures such as Melton, Kilsyth and Craigieburn show just how large the number of people are who are travelling to work out of their areas. It's also one of the problems with the current lockdown strategy. Those who are working are the ones who are more than likely transmitting the virus and aren't locked down, yet those who aren't working and not seeing anyone are locked down. Not an easy issue to deal with.

Kelvin Eldridge
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