![]() Goulburn Valley Health on Tuesday says more than 17,000 people require COVID-19 testing, a figure they anticipate will increase as more exposure sites are added, but daily capacity is in the order of 3500 tests. One in 10 people living in the Shepparton area have been forced into self-isolation after visiting exposures sites, which include several schools. Mr Weimar confirmed the Shepparton cluster is genomically linked to an earlier outbreak in Melbourne's Glenory. Seven of the new infections live in Shepparton, about 180 kilometres north of Melbourne, bringing the outbreak to 44 cases. There are 193 cases in people aged between 10 and 29. The new infections bring the total number of active cases in the state to 522, of which 113 are children aged under nine. Thirty-nine cases were infectious in the community. Interactive map: What is 5km from your Melbourne home?ĬOVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar said 40 of the new cases were linked to known outbreaks, while the source of the remaining 10 infections were under investigation.Īuthorities believe four of the mystery cases are associated with an outbreak in the Altona North and Wyndham area, three with the Carlton and Fitzroy area, two in Thomastown and one in Southbank.
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