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Where are active coronavirus cases in Victoria?
This map shows the location of active coronavirus cases recorded in Victoria:
Keep in mind this is the data as of yesterday. We do not yet know today's daily increase for Victoria, and the detailed local government area-level breakdowns tend to be published later in the afternoon. As the state records more cases, this detailed data is often being put out later and later in the afternoon.
Quite a few readers have contacted me today asking why the numbers displayed here differ from those on the Victorian health department's own dashboard.
The data I use also comes from the health department, but is based on a daily update they send out as is the go-to source for these numbers. I suspect their dashboard is updated at a different time of day so sometimes there is a lag between the two sources.
You can see a detailed breakdown of active case numbers by local government area over time in this article: Ten graphs that show Victoria's coronavirus trends
This morning's press conferences
New South Wales Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant and Health Minister Brad Hazzard will be providing an update on the state's coronavirus situation at 11am this morning.
There will be a separate press conference from the Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner sometime this morning as well, in which he will be talking about the uptick in coronavirus cases in parts of Sydney.
As of yet there doesn't appear to have been a time set for the daily coronavirus update for Victoria.
Another pub in south-west Sydney announces COVID-19 case
By Mary Ward
Another pub in south-west Sydney says it has been informed by NSW Health that a patron who attended their venue has tested positive for coronavirus.
The Macarthur Tavern in Campbelltown shared the news on Facebook this morning.
The patron attended the venue on Saturday between 9pm and midnight, it said in the post.
“There is no requirement for the premises to shut down or for any member of staff or patron to self-isolate but they will need to remain vigilant for any respiratory symptoms and get tested immediately and self-isolate should symptoms develop,” it added.
It is not known if the case was reported in yesterday's numbers, or linked to the Crossroads Hotel outbreak.
The pub will reopen at 3pm today after a deep clean.
NSW Health has been contacted for comment.
Health workers honoured at France's Bastille Day
France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration, with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down the Champs-Elysees in Paris, in a concession to the pandemic still stalking Europe.
France has recorded more than 200,000 coronavirus cases and 30,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Reuters, with Craig Butt
First batch of Queenslanders who visited Crossroads Hotel get COVID-19 test results
By Toby Crockford
Eleven of the 18 Queenslanders who came forward to state health officials and said they had visited the Crossroads Hotel in NSW, which is the source of a coronavirus outbreak, have tested negative for COVID-19.
Queensland Deputy Premier and Health Minister Steven Miles says the remaining seven people in home quarantine in connection with the hotel are still awaiting their test results.
"We are concerned [there may be other Queenslanders who visited the Crossroads Hotel and have not come forward yet]," Mr Miles told ABC News.
Medical staff at a pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic in Casula in NSW, where the local Crossroads Hotel is now a hot spot.Credit:Getty Images
"We understand it's a very popular stopping spot off the Hume Highway and that there were roughly 4000 patrons during that period of time [July 3-10].
"A lot of people went there and no doubt there probably are other Queenslanders who visited the pub on those dates and we'd urge them to come forward and get tested immediately."
The NSW local government areas of Liverpool and Campbelltown were declared COVID-19 hot spots by Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young yesterday.
Anyone who has visited or come from these areas in the past two weeks will be refused entry into Queensland. However, if the person is a Queensland resident, they will be allowed in, but must go into quarantine for two weeks.
Think-tank renews call for virus elimination strategy
By Paul Sakkal
Stephen Duckett, a health economist from think-tank the Grattan Institute, has renewed his call for Victorian health authorities to declare a goal of eliminating the virus in the state.
The former secretary of the federal Health Department said the economic costs of rolling lockdowns when outbreaks occur until a vaccine is developed would be greater than a shorter period of strict lockdown that could drive daily case numbers down to zero for an extended period of time.
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has often been asked if he is considering shifting strategies. He has not ruled out the possibility but points to National Cabinet’s suppression policy, which aims to ensure the virus only circulates at low levels.
“If we continue this yo-yo strategy for the next 12 months, will that cost more than a hard lockdown for a six-eight week period?” Mr Duckett said.
“With 200 or so new [daily] cases it doesn’t look like [elimination] is feasible. But those cases with current lockdown will come back into teens then into single digits.”
“We can see this as possible, we just need to look across those borders at South Australia and Queensland … this isn’t a fantasy-land.”
Mr Duckett acknowledged the heightened mental health costs and social dislocation caused by a hard lockdown, but said the long-term benefit of wiping out the virus would provide long-term certainty for sections of the community including businesses and the education sector.
He predicted NSW health authorities would be able to get cases back to single-digit growth in next week or so, unless the Crossroads pub outbreak spiralled.
'Bring a book' says local mayor as testing queues stretch over a kilometre
By Mary Ward
The mayor of Wollondilly Shire on Sydney's south-west fringe has asked people to consider travelling elsewhere in Sydney for coronavirus testing as queues stretched over a kilometre for the second time in a row this morning.
Calling into 2GB, Matthew Deeth asked people to please travel to other locations rather than leaving the queue at Victoria Park in Picton, which he said was over a kilometre in length half an hour before the site opened at 8.30am.
"Otherwise bring a book and feel free to sit in the queue," he said.
Cars queued for nearly a kilometre to attend a pop-up mobile clinic in Victoria Park, in south-west Sydney, yesterday. Credit:Dean Sewell
Cr Deeth said the queues at the site reached 1.5 kilometres yesterday.
Other nearby sites include hospital clinics at Campbelltown and Bowral hospitals. Testing can also be carried out by a GP.
'Not surprising' NSW's new coronavirus cases are linked to Melbourne outbreak
By Mary Ward
Health Minister Greg Hunt said it was "not surprising" NSW Health had linked their increase in cases to the Melbourne outbreak.
Asked to comment on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's comments last night that she would not be pursuing a citywide lockdown and instead wanted to manage outbreaks, Mr Hunt said pursuing suppression rather than elimination was "simply being honest" about life in a global pandemic.
"Our goal remains as close to zero as possible. But ... if somebody were arguing for that, that would mean obviously clearly no gatherings, no protests, no trade, no returnees from overseas, no family reunions, none of those human contacts," he said.
"In a world with over 13 million cases, and clearly it's going to head towards 20 million at some stage, and with over 575,000 lives lost, we need to be honest that this is a global pandemic [and] nobody is immune. Therefore, we have to prepare."
McDonald's makes face masks compulsory at Melbourne outlets to reduce coronavirus risk
By Tom Cowie and Jack Patterson
McDonald's is making masks compulsory for staff to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as other major chains continue to operate with a policy of optional face coverings.
The fast-food giant adopted a new rule on Monday requiring all employees in the Melbourne metropolitan and Mitchell Shire areas to wear face masks. The change follows Premier Daniel Andrews asking Victorians in those areas to don masks when they cannot maintain a social distance of 1.5 metres.
Staff at McDonald's in the Melbourne suburb of Boronia wearing masks on Tuesday.Credit:Jason South
About 20,000 employees in more 190 restaurants will be required to wear masks. The restaurants are operating as takeaway, delivery and drive-through only stores under stage three lockdown restrictions that were reintroduced last week.
“We are providing employees with three-ply surgical masks, as to not affect the supply of N95 masks, used in hospitals," a spokesperson said.
Victoria 'working through their options' for further restrictions: Hunt
By Mary Ward
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has said the Victorian government is considering further restrictions in coronavirus hotspot areas, after the state recorded 270 cases yesterday.
"At this stage, they are working through their options," Mr Hunt told ABC News Breakfast this morning. "They haven't ruled anything out."
Asked if he thought the state was close to another stage of lockdown, Mr Hunt said he would be "cautious" in his answer.
Health Minister Greg Hunt.Credit:
"Our focus is to make sure we do get the numbers down," Mr Hunt said, noting the federal government would be providing 1000 ADF officials as well as some "senior leadership" for the Victorian contact-tracing team.
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