Family gatherings blamed for 19 new virus cases in Vic

Liz MainReporter

Updated Jun 21, 2020 – 1.08pm, first published at Jun 20, 2020 – 4.56pm

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Known COVID-19 cases are at 7436. The death toll is 102.
Active cases rose to 446.
Globally, 8.848 million people have tested positive and more than 453,000 have died
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Victoria has reported 19 more coronavirus cases overnight, including clusters from a large family gathering that has spread across nine households.

One person who already had the virus has infected 11 family members after attending a family gathering in Keilor Downs in Melbourne's north-west.

Liz Main is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review based in the Melbourne office.

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