Victorian LGAs with the most active Covid cases
Melbourne’s south east has recorded a spike in cases, as infections grow across the state. See how your area fares.
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The City of Casey recorded the biggest jump in Covid cases on Friday, with more than 600 new infections.
It comes as Victoria recorded 18,167 new cases and 20 deaths.
There are now 252,399 active cases across the state.
Casey (631), the City of Whittlesea (607), Wyndham (583), Greater Geelong (540), and Melton (522) recorded the biggest jump in new cases, while the West Wimmera region and Mansfield recorded no new cases.
Areas with the highest number of total active cases are Wyndham (5346), Casey (5225), the City of Whittlesea (4912) and Hume (4827).
Postcode 3029, (which includes the suburbs of Tarneit, Hoppers Crossing and Truganina), has the highest number of active cases, with 2772, followed by postcode 3064 (which includes the suburbs of Craigieburn, Mickleham and Roxburgh Park) which has 2299 cases.
NEW CASES 21/01/2022
Alpine — 16
Ararat — 20
Ballarat — 243
Banyule — 174
Bass Coast — 51
Baw Baw — 58
Bayside — 144
Benalla — 11
Boroondara — 163
Brimbank — 391
Buloke — 11
Campaspe — 14
Cardinia — 282
Casey — 631
Central Goldfields — 6
Colac-Otway — 37
Corangamite — 29
Darebin — 274
East Gippsland — 35
Frankston – 151
Gannawarra — 7
Glen Eira — 142
Glenelg — 4
Golden Plains — 51
Greater Bendigo — 258
Greater Dandenong — 201
Greater Geelong — 540
Greater Shepparton — 73
Hepburn — 26
Hindmarsh — 3
Hobsons Bay — 123
Horsham — 31
Hume — 484
Indigo — 11
Kingston — 179
Knox — 162
Latrobe — 85
Loddon — 5
Macedon Ranges — 39
Manningham — 148
Mansfield — 0
Maribyrnong — 188
Maroondah — 149
Melbourne — 212
Melton — 522
Mildura — 77
Mitchell — 68
Moira — 20
Monash — 132
Moonee Valley — 186
Moorabool — 82
Moreland — 320
Mornington Peninsula — 140
Mount Alexander — 33
Moyne — 21
Murrindindi — 41
Nillumbik — 80
Northern Grampians — 31
Port Phillip — 102
Pyrenees — 4
Queenscliffe — 5
South Gippsland — 35
Southern Grampians — 14
Stonnington — 102
Strathbogie — 9
Surf Coast — 45
Swan Hill — 32
Towong — 2
Wangaratta — 16
Warrnambool — 52
Wellington — 59
West Wimmera — 0
Whitehorse — 197
Whittlesea — 607
Wodonga — 20
Wyndham — 583
Yarra — 135
Yarra Ranges — 206
Yarriambiack — 13
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