Major aged care outbreaks are behind some of the suburbs topping the list for active cases in this week's Melbourne postcode coronavirus data.
Roughly half of all Victoria's active cases as of Friday were linked to aged care - 993 from a total of 2060.Topping the list is postcode 3052, which takes in Parkville and Melbourne University. It has the highest active case rate of any area in Victoria with eight infections per 1000 residents.With 47 active cases, it is one of a handful of postcodes that currently has a higher infection rate than it did three weeks ago.
Another aged care cluster is also likely to be behind the postcode with the biggest net increase in active cases this week - 3187, which takes in Brighton East.According to the Victorian Health Department, there are currently 59 cases linked to Allity's Princeton View aged care in Brighton East. That includes 26 residents, 30 staff and three contact cases.
A daily summary released by the Victorian Health Department lists the total of cases linked to the aged care facilities with the 10 cumulative highest numbers of cases.
It leaves the locations of almost half of current active coronavirus cases in the state unknown to the public at large, and gives less context to the postcode data being made available.
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