A second person who attended Melbourne's Black Lives Matter protest has tested positive for COVID-19, among 12 new cases confirmed in Victoria.
The new cases bring the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Victoria to 1,732.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the new cases included:
- A young woman who attended the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne on June 6
- Two people linked to a hospital patient, including a healthcare worker
- Seven people linked to a Coburg family outbreak
- One person in hotel quarantine
- One case under investigation
Professor Sutton said the second Black Lives Matter protester who tested positive was unrelated to another protest attendee diagnosed last week and was "very unlikely" to have acquired the virus at the demonstration.
He said the woman wore personal protective equipment at the protest and was unlikely to have transmitted the virus to other attendees because they had been "minimally symptomatic" at the time.
Coburg coronavirus cluster grows
The seven new cases linked to the Coburg family outbreak bring the total number of cases in that cluster to 11.
Professor Sutton said the new cases linked to the Coburg cluster involved houses in Coburg, Pakenham and Broadmeadows.
"There are a number of children in those households and for that reason two schools are now closed today," he said.
St Dominic's Primary School in Broadmeadows and Pakenham Springs Primary School have been closed for contact tracing and cleaning.
Professor Sutton said the Pakenham student acquired the virus at home but was infectious while attending school last Wednesday.
There were four households with either cases or very close contacts linked to the Coburg family cluster, Professor Sutton said.
"The extended family is very large," he said.
"They've had gatherings across different households as many of us do now."
He said the source of the original infection in the cluster was still under investigation.
"It's still a lesson that if any of us is unwell, if any of our kids are unwell, even with mild symptoms then we need to exclude them from seeing others including in scheduled gatherings for celebrations," he said.
"Even if it's just a runny nose, they could transmit to others who are much more vulnerable who could develop severe illness."
Over the weekend, Victoria recorded 17 new coronavirus cases, the majority of them in hotel quarantine.
On Sunday, Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed Victoria will further ease restrictions on June 22, boosting the number of people allowed inside venues and paving the way for a return to most recreational sports in July.
He also stressed there would be more outbreaks and cases in the future as the state continued to pursue a strategy of virus suppression rather than total elimination.
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