Two new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the Horsham Rural City Council local government area, latest DHHS figures show.
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There are currently seven active cases of COVID-19 in Horsham.
There are no active cases in the Northern Grampians or Ararat.
Victoria recorded another 357 new positive COVD-19 results in the past 24 hours - only 37 linked to known outbreaks.
The public health team are investigating the other 320 results.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced the number in a press conference at 12.30pm on Saturday.
Five people died overnight, taking the total death toll to 61 in Victoria since the pandemic began.
Mr Andrews said he sent his condolences in what much be difficult time for the four women over the age of 60 and a man in his 80s' families.
229 Victorians are in hospital - 42 of those are in critical care.
Mr Andrews said on Friday 20313 tests were conducted.
1,457,546 tests have been conducted since January 1.
Mr Andrews said 3995 active cases across Victoria which included 313 health care workers.
536 active cases were linked to aged-care settings. He said the split was "about 50-50 split" between residents and staff.
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