Wednesday, 3:20pm: There have been no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the Grampians and Wimmera area.
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The total number of cases now sits at 2942, after 134 new cases were recorded since Tuesday.
Within Victoria, 11 of the new cases are linked to outbreaks and 123 are under investigation. No cases have been detected in returned travellers in hotel quarantine.
There have been no deaths reported since yesterday. To date, 22 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria.
- 456 cases may indicate community transmission
- 860 cases are currently active in Victoria
- 41 cases of coronavirus are in hospital, including 7 in intensive care
- 2,058 people have recovered from the virus
- Of the total cases, 2,575 cases are from metropolitan Melbourne, while 263 are from regional Victoria
- Total cases include 1,545 are men and 1,372 are women
- More than 1,008,000 tests have been processed to date
Other cases include:
- 4 patients and a staff member who have tested positive at Brunswick Private Hospital. Contact tracing is under way. The outbreak squad will visit today and the hospital is closed to new admissions.
- 3 additional cases have been linked to the Woolworths Customer Fulfilment Centre in Footscray, taking the total to 4. 3 are staff members and 1 is a household contact of a staff member. Contact tracing is continuing.
- 5 positive cases have been linked to aged care services, where cleaning, contact tracing and appropriate testing is under way. This includes:
- a staff member who was infectious while at the Doutta Galla, Lynch's Bridge site in Kensington on 2 and 3 July
- a resident who tested positive at the Glendale Aged Care facility in Werribee
- a staff member who worked at the Uniting AgeWell facility in Preston
- a staff member at BaptCare Karana in Kew who tested positive but did not work while infectious
- a positive case who provides aged care services to clients in their homes through Mercy Health.
- a staff member who was infectious while at the Doutta Galla, Lynch's Bridge site in Kensington on 2 and 3 July
- a resident who tested positive at the Glendale Aged Care facility in Werribee
- a staff member who worked at the Uniting AgeWell facility in Preston
- a staff member at BaptCare Karana in Kew who tested positive but did not work while infectious
- a positive case who provides aged care services to clients in their homes through Mercy Health.
- a staff member who was infectious while at the Doutta Galla, Lynch's Bridge site in Kensington on 2 and 3 July
- a resident who tested positive at the Glendale Aged Care facility in Werribee
- a staff member who worked at the Uniting AgeWell facility in Preston
- a staff member at BaptCare Karana in Kew who tested positive but did not work while infectious
- a positive case who provides aged care services to clients in their homes through Mercy Health.
From 11.59pm tonight, Stage 3 "Stay at Home" restrictions come into force for six weeks across metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire.
"These restrictions have become necessary because of the sharp increase in cases," said Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.