Melbourne’s coronavirus statistics: 33 new cases, 1 death recorded

Victoria has recorded 33 new coronavirus cases – marking the state’s biggest spike since April 7.

Victoria has recorded a ninth consecutive day of double digit increases in coronavirus cases – reporting 33 new infections of the virus in the past 24 hours, the state's biggest spike since April 7.

Seven of those are in hotel quarantine, nine are from known outbreaks, six are from routine testing and 11 are still under investigation.

It has been revealed that a family at the heart of one of Melbourne’s largest clusters held an Eid celebration that broke public health restrictions.

The so-called Coburg cluster has now swelled to 14 people, while another family cluster in the northwestern suburb of Keilor Downs has led to 15 infections. It comes after warnings that events such as large family gatherings could become “super-spreading” events.

Premier Daniel Andrews warned this morning case numbers will continue to increase in the coming days as authorities test “entire suburbs”.

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Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews announced another 33 coronavirus cases have been reported in the state overnight. Picture: Sky News

“I think that we will see more cases, and that’s exactly why we’re doing this testing,” Mr Andrews told reporters.

“To get to the bottom of how much virus is out there, to take direct action with those families, with those people that have tested positive, to keep them in their homes, and to make sure that they’re not spreading the virus to anybody else.”

A man in his 80s died of coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the state’s death toll to 20.

More than 1000 ADF troops are being sent to Victoria to help with hotel quarantine and provide logistical support for testing.

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the 1000 troops would include roughly 850 people to help with planning and assisting with the enforcement of quarantine.

“Our soldiers are not law enforcement personnel … they are not security guards, but they are assisting those locations to make sure quarantine requirements are met,” she said.

“What we have been doing for many months now is assisting states and territories with a wide range of tasks.”

About 200 medical personnel will work with Victorian authorities to speed up testing processes, Ms Reynolds said.

“What we’re doing is, we’re not doing testing ourselves, but we will be assisting the Victorian authorities at their 90 testing sites across the state,” she said.

“We will provide logistics and also a range of medical staff to actually help speed up the processing time.”

Victoria yesterday confirmed another 20 cases of COVID-19 amid an outbreak in outer-suburban Melbourne, taking the number of diagnoses over the past 10 days to 210.