Victoria’s latest Covid wave has peaked and hospital numbers have stabilised, health officials say

Authorities remain concerned the overrepresentation of older people in the state's hospitals

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Victoria appears to have passed the peak of infections in its latest Covid wave, although authorities remain concerned the overrepresentation of older people in hospital and the highly infectious Omicron subvariants.

State health officials are confident cases are trending downwards as hospitalisation numbers stabilise.

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