A daily record 6923 coronavirus jabs have been administered in Victoria since the state opened its vaccination hubs to everyone aged over 50.

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Almost 7000 coronavirus jabs have been administered in Victoria since the state opened its vaccination hubs to everyone aged over 50.

Some 6923 vaccine doses were administered in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning across the state’s 22 mass vaccination hubs, according to the health department.

The department said the number of reported doses was a 105 percent increase on the same day last week.

More than 13,000 Victorians also called the state’s booking hotline to make an appointment to have the jab.

The national vaccine rollout was expanded on Monday to include phase 2a, which includes anyone aged 50 or over as well as all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged between 18 and 49 years old.

The state’s acting Premier, James Merlino, said that the authorities have been preparing for this mass vaccination for weeks.

Telling the reporters, “The Department of Health have done a great job of getting ready to be at this point, which means that we could make that switch immediately and get going with thousands more (doses),”

“We can do even more subject to the supply of vaccine from the Commonwealth.“, he added.

Mr. Merlino also noted Victorians were likely to be keener than other Australians to get the vaccine, given the state endured the nation’s only second wave of coronavirus infections.

Victoria recorded its 67th consecutive day without a locally acquired coronavirus case on Tuesday, following 14,325 tests.

A returned traveler in hotel quarantine, however, tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to 21.

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