Centre for Transformative Innovation

COVID-19 spread in Melbourne 2020: Waves 1 and 2

This animation demonstrates the speed and far reach of COVID-19 spread throughout the community and is a stark reminder to Victorians to continue to practice physical distancing and follow isolation/quarantine orders.

An animation of the speed and reach of COVID-19 as it spread through the community during the first and second waves in Victoria.

This animation depicts positive COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, Victoria (red dots) and the social contact between (the lines). The location of dots reflects people’s home address, not where they contracted COVID-19. Lines represent possible transmission pathways due to social contact.

The data also highlight the importance of gathering social network data to better understand individuals' contacts and social networks and the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the community.

This animation was created byDr Peng Wang,Professor Dean Lusherand Dr Giovanni Radhitio Sadewo fromSwinburne University of Technology’sCentre for Transformative Innovationas part of a research project examining targeted intervention of contact networks for COVID-19.

Funding: This work was commissioned by theVictorian Department of Health and Human Services.