Summary
- A man in his 80s has died of coronavirus in Victoria. His death takes the statewide toll to 20 and the nationwide toll to 103.
- A total of 20 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Victoria, marking the eighth straight day of double-digit increases.
- Victoria's state government has announced it will be publishing a list of the Melbourne suburbs that are coronavirus hotspots.
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has reiterated her advice for people to "rethink any travel to Melbourne whatsoever", although she says it is unlikely her state will close its borders.
- Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus.
Man in his 80s becomes Victoria's first coronavirus death in weeks
By Rachael Dexter
A man in his 80s has died overnight in Victoria from coronavirus, the first in many weeks, which brings the total number of deaths in the state to 20.
There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 to report today, said Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.
"Seven are linked to known outbreaks. One has been detected in hotel quarantine. Nine through routine testing and three other cases are under investigation," he said.
The man's death takes the national death toll from coronavirus to 103.
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Victoria's Chief Health Officer urges caution on holiday plans
By Rachael Dexter
Victoria's Chief Health Officer has again tried to clarify confusion about whether people from Melbourne's current coronavirus hotspots are allowed to travel to go on holidays outside of their area.
There has been contradictory messaging coming from the state and federal governments this week after the country's principal health committee released guidelines on Sunday night strongly advising anyone from six affected areas from travelling out of those municipalities for unnecessary reasons.
National Chief Heath Medical Officer Brendan Murphy and Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt have on numerous occasions said Melburnians in Hume, Casey, Brimbank, Moreland, Cardinia and Darebin should not travel to country Victoria areas or interstate.
But the Victorian government's messaging has been somewhat softer, with Professor Brett Sutton again re-iterating in this morning that travel was okay as long as people are symptom-free and cautious.
"Going out of town is okay, again I would emphasise if you're unwell you shouldn't be going anywhere, you should be at home getting your test, getting a result," he said.
"But especially for families who want to leave Melbourne, that's okay. It is less of a risk if they are going from a residential setting in Melbourne to a holiday home as a family."
"But if you're mixing with people you don't normally see, multiple families, multiple groups of friends, that's something I think people need to reconsider," he said.
"You can have very mild symptoms, you can have kids who are asymptomatic or others who are not symptomatic who can still transmit."
Professor Sutton did urge those who haven't yet made plans or made down-payments on accommodation to "reflect" on their holiday plans.
"If they're meeting with multiple new friends, new acquaintances then they should reflect on that and they should think about alternative plans and it might just be going away with family."
As yet there are no legally enforceable restrictions on anyone from Victoria travelling.
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'Absolutely no need' for panic buying: Victorian Chief Health Officer
By Rachael Dexter
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has urged people to remain calm and not to begin panic buying again, after reports over the past day that some areas have seen a high demand in items such as toilet paper again.
"There's absolutely no need for it," he said.
"We've got a small and steady, but very concerning, number of cases over the last week, so people can go about their shopping as per normal."
Infection rate in Victoria expected to lower over coming days: state's Chief Health Officer
By Rachael Dexter
Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos revealed on radio this morning that this week the state's reproduction number for coronavirus infections was at 2.5 - similar to during the peak in March. That means an infected person is passing on the virus to 2.5 more people on average.
But Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says he expects the state’s reproduction number to go down over the coming days.
“The reproduction number... is something we want to keep below one,” Professor Sutton said.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.Credit:Getty Images
“When it's below one, one case on average transmits to fewer than one case and numbers continue to drop over time and we can get to zero. When it's at two, it means that the active cases that we have are doubling with each generation."
"We have seen the community transmission numbers go from single figures to above 10. So it's no surprise that the - that the [reproduction number] is at two or above," he said.
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New testing locations to be established in Victoria
By Rachael Dexter
New testing sites will open today at the Melbourne Showgrounds to help the large number of families from schools in the Keilor area where students have tested positive for coronavirus, Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said.
Those sites will be open to the public from tomorrow.
A pop-up drive-through testing site has been re-established at Footscray Bunnings, and another new pop-up site at Craigieburn Central, which will be open seven days a week.
Cleaning crews at Keilor Views Primary School in Melbourne's west on Tuesday morning, where a student has tested positive for coronavirus.Credit:Getty Images
"Victoria really does have the highest testing capacity in Australia at the moment, but human behaviour is a strange thing," Professor Sutton said.
"The message hasn't changed. We always said get tested with mild symptoms but there's concern around the increase in cases and there's been a huge demand on testing."
Professor Sutton apologised for long waits at retail drive-through testing sites which have been up to three hours in some locations.
"At Chadstone we needed to divert traffic and really not have people flow through that testing site until the police can manage the traffic appropriately."
He asked the public to "shop around" for a testing site that isn't overwhelmed.
"There'll be some other sites and GP practices and other pop-up clinics that people need to look out for so they're not spilling out on to the road that requires the traffic management that has affected Chadstone today."
"So we do apologise and we ask for people to be patient. People should go to their GPs in the first instance to see if they can get testing there."
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Where have the new coronavirus cases been confirmed in Victoria?
By Rachael Dexter and Craig Butt
Here is a breakdown on some of the new cases confirmed in Victoria today:
- Three new cases linked to the Keilor Downs family, all close contacts of existing cases bringing that cluster to 15
- Another positive case has been detected in a close social contact of a St Monica's College Epping case, which brings that outbreak number to two.
- An early learning centre in Essendon is also closed today after a child tested positive.
- Three staff members from Hampstead dental clinic in Maidstone have tested positive to coronavirus.
- A household contact of a staffer at the H&M store in Northland has tested positive, bringing that cluster to five. The H&M cluster originated from a staffer who attended the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne on June 6.
A total of 20 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Victoria today, marking the eighth straight day of double-digit increases.
Correction: An earlier version of this post said the three staff members from the Hampstead dental clinic who had tested positive had been linked to the cluster at the H&M outlet in Northland, however this is not the case.
Coronavirus cases from community transmission rise by eight in Victoria
By Rachael Dexter and Craig Butt
There are now 241 cases of COVID-19 that have been identified as community transmission, an increase of eight since yesterday.
"That number has been around 10 around every day, but a decrease to eight is somewhat encouraging," Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said.
"It certainly means we're not getting an increase or an exponential increase in community transmission cases day-by-day, but there are 141 active cases in Victoria with over 1,000 close contacts," Professor Sutton said.
Keep in mind that any increases in community transmission are separate from the daily increase in cases. There was an increase in 20 cases in Victoria today, but this does not mean eight of these were from community transmission. It often takes contract tracers a few days to determine the source of infection, so this increase in community transmission today is likely a result of investigations into people who tested positive in recent days being concluded.
Man in his 80s becomes Victoria's first coronavirus death in weeks
By Rachael Dexter
A man in his 80s has died overnight in Victoria from coronavirus, the first in many weeks, which brings the total number of deaths in the state to 20.
There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 to report today, said Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.
"Seven are linked to known outbreaks. One has been detected in hotel quarantine. Nine through routine testing and three other cases are under investigation," he said.
The man's death takes the national death toll from coronavirus to 103.
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