Victoria has reported 331 new cases of coronavirus and 19 new deaths — the second day in a row Australia's highest daily death toll has been recorded in the state.
Key points:
- The Premier said traffic data showed the strategy to reduce movement in the state was working
- Active infections among healthcare workers and "mystery" community transmission cases have increased
- Stage 4 restrictions were the "only way forward" to push Victoria's numbers down, Mr Andrews said
Premier Daniel Andrews said 14 of the 19 deaths reported today were linked to aged care settings.
The people who died were one woman in her 50s, one man in his 70s, six women in their 80s, four men in their 80s, four women in their 90s, and three men in their 90s.
"This will be an incredibly difficult time for [their families] and I hope that that pain is made a little more bearable knowing that Victorians are with you in grief and loss and sadness," the Premier said during today's coronavirus update.
Yesterday the state recorded 322 infections and 19 deaths, which also included 14 connected to aged care settings.
The Premier said the number of community transmission cases with an unknown source now stood at 2,903.
The number of active infections among healthcare workers has grown to 1,185 overnight, he said.
Mr Andrews said traffic data released today — from services including trains and buses, as well as roads — indicated there had been a "massive reduction" in movement in the state.
"I know that's very challenging and I know why that's occurred — because we have sent home many hundreds of thousands of workers," he said.
The Premier was asked whether the Government "jumped the gun" in introducing stage 4 restrictions in Melbourne, following commentary from some experts which said stage 3 restrictions would have sufficiently reduced movement in the state.
But Mr Andrews said as "heartbreaking" as the decision had been, it was "the only way forward".
"All of our experts remain convinced and very confident — that as we're just into the early parts of the second week, not even yet a full week, of many of the stage 4 most significant changes — we will continue to see data that forms a trend, and continue to see numbers coming down," he said.
The Premier fronted today's coronavirus update shortly after being grilled in a parliamentary inquiry on his Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
More to come.
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