Twelve new COVID-19 cases and one death as police target beaches - The Age

A single new case of COVID-19 in regional Victoria has been linked to a growing outbreak at a butcher's shop in Chadstone Shopping Centre.

A Frankston cleaner who failed to self-isolate when her family members contracted coronavirus is believed to have sparked the outbreak at the butcher's shop. The cluster has now reached 20 cases, including the new regional case in Mitchell Shire.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said authorities were investigating whether the outbreak was a super-spreading event, and that it was a "salient lesson" for workplaces about how infectious the virus can be.

“It is a point to note that regional Victoria will remain at risk while there are still essential workers who need to move into regional Victoria and the close contacts that occurred by virtue of that. So we have to be mindful about that.”

Health authorities 'concerned' as Victoria's numbers stagnate

Victoria recorded 12 new cases and one death on Sunday. The city's 14-day rolling average is 11.9, which is slightly down from Saturday.

With the number of Victoria’s active cases stagnating on Sunday and mystery cases increasing, health authorities say they are "concerned".

Three new mystery cases have been identified in the postcodes of 3145, 3023, 3019, which covers suburbs including East Malvern, Caulfield East, Caroline Springs, Deer Park and Braybrook.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said he was "absolutely" worried by the stagnation in dropping active cases today, but fewer aged care cases should ensure lower numbers over coming days.

"Obviously it will be reflected with the fact that there have only been a dozen cases that have completed their infectious period that are no longer considered cases, and we’ve got 12 new ones,” he said.

"But we need to drive it down … the activity in aged care continues to drop, especially for residents, but also for staff as well. This will slowly but surely reduce active cases.

"Mystery cases or cases of unknown origin remain a concern."

'Dont do anything silly or selfish right now'

After a number of arrests by police on Saturday at Melbourne’s parks and beaches, the Premier has again encouraged Victorians to continue to follow the rules.

Victoria remains on track to open up further on October 19, Daniel Andrews said, and he was "pleased to see these numbers trending the way that they are".

Police patrolled St Kilda as people enjoyed the warm weather.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

With Melbourne experiencing overcast conditions on Sunday morning, and rain expected, Mr Andrews said he hoped "not to see the behaviour we saw Friday night, and in some instances, a little bit yesterday".

He thanked Victorians who followed the rules while out in public in parks and beaches, saying "heavens knows Victorians have earned it, but it has got to be done in the right way".

"We've just got to stay the course on this. The trend is with us, the numbers are coming down, once we get them low, we can keep them low and we can open up again," Mr Andrews said.

"And if you want to spend summer at the beach, then that will be the time to do that. If we don't do anything silly or anything selfish right now."

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said while he "focused on [discussing] lawbreakers yesterday", he had seen many examples of people doing the right over the last 24 hours.

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