Covid Casey: Cases spike in Casey as residents urged to get tested
Casey residents have been urged to get tested if they have coronavirus symptoms, after more than a quarter of Monday’s cases came from the area.
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The City of Casey has experienced a spike in coronavirus cases, with residents now being urged to get tested.
It comes as more than a quarter of new cases have come from the southeastern Melbourne suburbs of Hallam and Narre Warren, with Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton urging residents to get tested if they experience coronavirus symptoms.
The data, based on the residential address provided by those testing positive, revealed
Clyde North, Cardinia and Clyde experienced nine new cases on Sunday.
Prof Sutton urged Hallam and Narre Warren residents to get tested if they experience coronavirus symptoms as the cases came from that area.
He said there was certainly community transmission in the City of Casey
“We haven’t linked all of the households definitively. They might be linked by a workplace that hasn’t been identified,” he said.
“They might be linked by going to a single setting that hasn’t been identified. It is a call out to everyone in that local government area and those suburbs in particular to come forward for testing.
“There will be other cases out there that we need to identify and testing is the opportunity to snuff this out.”
Victoria on Monday recorded 35 new cases of coronavirus — the lowest daily increase since 33 cases were recorded on June 25.
Six people have died overnight, including a man in his 70s, a man and woman in their 80s and three men and one woman in their 90s.
Seven deaths were originally reported, but one was removed due to duplication, Premier Daniel Andrews said.
Meanwhile, two men who travelled more than 5km from home to buy burgers are among the latest batch of Victorians to be fined for breaking lockdown rules.
Victoria Police issued 346 fines in the past 24 hours — at least 176 of which were handed to protesters at the Queen Victoria Market protest.
Meanwhile, 46 people were fined for breaching curfew, 25 for not wearing a face covering and 23 at checkpoints.
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