Michaela Meade
The Melton and Moorabool municipalities are hitting the state’s COVID-19 vaccination targets out of the park.
Both cities have surpassed the 90 per cent goal for first dose vaccinations, new health department data revealed.
According to the data, Melton has a first dose vaccination rate of 91.7 per cent, while Moorabool is sitting at above 95 per cent.
Both municipalities are faring well in terms of second dose vaccinations as well, according to the data, with Melton recording a rate of 61.7 per cent, and Moorabool recording a rate of 70.2 per cent.
Moorabool is one of 36 local government areas in the state to have a first dose vaccination rate above 95 per cent.
It comes as 111 of the 1749 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Melton over the past 24 hours.
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