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Australia has experienced a spike in drowning deaths in the summer of 2020/2021 after fitness levels plunged during Covid lockdowns, a top lifesaver has warned. At least 55 people have died as a result of drowning this summer alone, compared to just 43 at this time last year. According to Liam Krige, the general manager at Life Saving Victoria, the staggering amount of drowning deaths this season is done to dwindling fitness and a blase attitude to the dangers. The sad reality is that people think it s not going to happen to them, or that they don t need to worry about it, Mr Krige told The Age. ....
Advertisement Victorians have been warned to stay safe over the Australia Day long weekend as temperatures soar and the state marks its worst summer drowning toll on record. A man in his 40s is the latest to die in Victorian waters after he, a woman and a teenage boy were thrown out of their tinnie off Darriman, in Victoria s east, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Terry Chandler drowned after his tinnie capsized at a beach in East Gippsland. Credit:Nine News The woman and teen were able to make it to shore, but 42-year-old Terry Chandler did not. He was found by the police air wing in waters off McLoughlins Beach, about 60 kilometres from Traralgon, but was unable to be revived. ....