Ballarat’s COVID cases have jumped by more than 20% in the last week.
262 new cases were reported in the city in the 7 day period as the new variants start to take hold.
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By comparison Ballarat fared well against Greater Bendigo with 448 new infections and Greater Geelong with 788.
Statewide cases were up 63% to 16,636 in the week, with hospitalisations up almost 19% at 274.
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Sadly, on average 6 people lost their life to COVID each day.