The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Victoria is 1836, with 19 new cases reported yesterday.
Yesterday's new cases are made up of four linked to known outbreaks, three cases identified through routine testing, four cases detected in returned travellers in hotel quarantine and eight cases under investigation.
Currently, seven people with coronavirus infection are in hospital, including two patients in intensive care. 1694 people have recovered from the virus.
Of the total 1836 cases, there have been 1534 in metropolitan Melbourne and 239 in regional Victoria. The total number of cases is made up of 983 men and 853 women. More than 660,000 tests have been processed to date.
Three new cases are linked to an outbreak at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, taking the total in this outbreak to 12. After further investigation one previously linked case has been removed from the total. Investigations into potential sources of transmission, testing of staff and follow up discussions with close contacts are ongoing.
Two more cases have been identified in children attending school while infectious. A student at St Mary's Primary School in Hampton tested positive yesterday. The Department is working with the school to ensure that all public health actions are taken including contact tracing, testing and cleaning.
Investigations have established that a case previously linked to a current family outbreak in Keilor Downs attended Keilor Downs College two days while infectious. The school will conduct a deep clean of affected classrooms and common areas. Contact tracing is under way and testing will be undertaken as appropriate. The Keilor Downs outbreak has 11 associated cases, living in nine households.
A child has tested positive after being identified as a household contact of a positive case in the Coburg family outbreak. That outbreak has a total of 14 linked cases, focused on members of the same extended family living across multiple households.
One new case detected in routine testing yesterday is a footballer at the Essendon Football Club. Close contacts are being notified and will be required to quarantine for 14 days, and further contact tracing is under way. Appropriate cleaning of shared facilities and further testing will be undertaken as required.
One new case detected in routine testing yesterday is an employee at Grill'd Highpoint. The employee worked one day while infectious last week and is now isolating. Contact tracing is underway, and the food outlet will undergo a deep clean.
"We have made some great progress in slowing the spread of coronavirus, but we are still seeing transmission in households and other settings," said Victoria's Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton said.
"We've had more than 100 new cases in the past seven days and the main cause for this increase has been through cases in families - where people have not followed our advice around physical distancing, hygiene and limiting the number of people you invite into your home.
"As a consequence, the Victorian Government has announced a tightening of the rules and has reduced the number of visitors you can have in your home to five. Outside of the home, people can now gather in groups of up to 10.
"This move is important to keeping our community safe and to ensure COVID-19 does not get away from us. We do not want Victoria to suffer like many major cities around the world who have been devastated by the severe impacts of COVID-19.
"We have been very successful so far in avoiding the worst consequences of this disease and we cannot let our good work so far go to waste. The message is clear – don't take this disease lightly – stay home, don't go to work if you can work from home, don't visit friends and family, don't go on holiday.
"It remains critical to practice good hygiene - wash your hands regularly and cough and sneeze into a tissue or your elbow and try to avoid touching your face.
"And if you do feel unwell with any symptoms of coronavirus you should get tested. This includes fever, chills, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose or loss of sense of smell."
Confirmed cases by LGA 21 June 2020
Total confirmed cases (ever)
Currently active cases