Live Breaking News: Victoria covid lockdown updates and Melbourne cases
Daniel Andrews has just announced that young people in Victoria will be eligible for Pfizer from tomorrow. Follow us live.
Welcome to our live Covid coverage, looking at the situation in Victoria.
Daniel Andrews has announced that young people in Victoria will be eligible for Pfizer from tomorrow morning -when some 830,000 first dose appointments will be opened up.
It comes as the state recorded 50 new cases today - which is a welcome drop from yesterday's 71 - but 10 new mystery cases were picked up and 39 were in the community while infectious.
Of the 50 local cases recorded, 40 are linked to current outbreaks and 10 are under investigation. 11 cases have been in quarantine throughout their infectious period.
Despite today's drop, there has been a fourfold rise in mystery cases in the past week and hundreds of infected children - meaning the planned end of "short and sharp" lockdown on September 2 now looks very unlikely.
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