The disaster declaration, which is above and beyond the state of emergency declaration, allows the government to enforce Melbourne's curfew and the ban on residents travelling more than 5km from their homes.
"The burden of our cases [is] really in 25 or so local government areas, so there is a concentration that remains in the north and west, but also in Casey in the south-east," Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said."There is a push to get testing in the south-east because there is not enough compared to the north-west."Meanwhile, Victoria's state of disaster, which was due to expire on Wednesday, has been extended for at least a further 11 days.
"This practically means that officers can ask for a name and address to check people are within five kilometres of their home or enter a home or business to check residents or staff are complying with gathering limits," Mr Andrews said in a statement. He has been pleading with residents in recent days to get tested even if they have mild symptoms, to ensure health authorities have a full understanding of how much infection is in the community before restrictions are eased.
He said most cases were being detected in the council areas of Brimbank and Wyndham in the west, as well as Casey and Greater Dandenong in the east. "If we can get cases below 30 and the proportion of mystery cases continues to be driven down, then we will absolutely be in very low single figures and we will do that more detailed upstream investigation," he said.
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