Coronavirus Victoria: COVID-19 cases by council area

All but six of the 66 new reported coronavirus infections have been diagnosed in Melbourne’s northwest and inner-city. But a region in Victoria’s southeast has been hit for the first time since March. See the latest numbers in your area. 

Only six of the 66 new coronavirus cases reported overnight are from council areas outside of Melbourne’s northwest and inner-city.

Hume had 20 new infections diagnosed, taking its total to 205, while Wyndham (7), Moonee Valley (6), Brimbank, Moreland, Melbourne (all 5), Melton, Whittlesea (both 4), Yarra and Maribyrnong (both 2) all had multiple new cases.

Casey, Stonnington, Manningham, Kingston and Mitchell all had one new case, as did East Gippsland — its first new infection since at least March 26.

Within Victoria, 17 new cases are linked to outbreaks, 20 have been identified through routine testing and 28 are under investigation. One new case has been detected in a returned traveller in hotel quarantine.

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Cases linked to outbreaks include:

■ FIVE linked to Al-Taqwa College, bringing the total to 23

■ THREE linked to the Roxburgh Park family outbreak, bringing the total to 23

■ THREE linked to the Stamford Plaza outbreak, bringing the total to 35

■ ONE ina student linked to Albanvale Primary School, bringing the total to 15

■ ONE related to the Orygen Youth outbreak which now includes two healthcare workers and a close contact

■ ONE in a childcare worker at Villa Bambini Essendon, bringing the total in the outbreak to three

New outbreaks have also been identified in:

North Melbourne: One case overnight was traced to 10 linked infections across multiple households.

Northern Hospital emergency department: Two healthcare workers were confirmed as positive cases. Contact tracing of staff and patients is underway. All emergency department staff will be tested as a precaution.

A child who attended The Hive Early Learning Centre in Fairfield has also tested positive.

The State Government has announced targeted restrictions for a number of Melbourne suburbs in 10 postcodes that have experienced a spike in positive coronavirus.

The State Government has launched a targeted testing blitz across priority suburbs, where teams in mobile vans will provide free testing to people with or without symptoms.

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton encouraged people in these areas to be tested, especially if they had symptoms.

“Don’t take this disease lightly. if you feel unwell with any symptoms of coronavirus, however mild, you should stay home and get tested,” he said.

“If you have any fever, chills, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, and loss of sense of smell or taste — stay home, don’t go in to work and don’t visit friends and family. Get tested and stay at home until you get the result.”

He said practising good hygiene at home and outside was critical.

“Wash your hands regularly, cough and sneeze into a tissue or your elbow and try to avoid touching your face,” he said.

“Stay 1.5 metres away from anyone you don’t live with and avoid crowds, especially indoors. If you can keep working from home – you must keep working from home.”

WHY COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION CASES ARE KEY

There are now 363 cases that may have been acquired through community transmission.

Cases judged to likely be through community transmission are those contact-tracing investigators can’t find an obvious source for.

Monash University Professor Anton Peleg, The Alfred hospital’s infectious diseases department director said such cases could be coming from a range of sources.

“Given they’re unknown there’s a range of possibilities, possibly from people in the community that have very mild symptoms that are out and about, they either know or don’t know they have COVID-19, so that’s a challenge,” he said.

“This is why our goal is to identify as many people as we possibly can who have COVID-19 including their close contacts.”

Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said the spike in community transmission cases was concerning. “Obviously I’m concerned about the increasing number of cases in the past few days,” she said.

“I just want to reiterate the message to Victorians, take this issue seriously.”

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WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT VICTORIAN CASES

The total number of coronavirus cases in Victoria stands at 2268.

The overall total has increased by 65, with one case reclassified.

The state’s death toll remains at 20.

Of the total number of cases, 1250 are men and 1118 women, with ages ranging from babies to their early 90s.

Twenty-three people are in hospital, including six patient in intensive care.

There are 442 known active cases in Victoria and 1904 people have recovered.

More than 880,000 tests have been processed.

The department follows up and monitors all close contacts of confirmed cases and provides them with information and support. All close contacts must self-isolate for 14 days.