As Victoria prepares to reimpose some coronavirus restrictions, here are the areas that have been most affected across the state so far.
A ranked list released by the Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday showed how many cases had been reported in each local government area since the beginning of the pandemic.
Melbourne led the way with 133 cases, followed by Stonnington, south east of the CBD, with 96, and Banyule, north east of the CBD, with 95.The list also showed where the active cases were reported, including 23 in Melbourne, 9 in Brimbank and 8 in Hume. “Of the total 1817 cases, there have been 1517 in metropolitan Melbourne and 239 in regional Victoria,” the department said in a statement.There were 110 active coronavirus cases in Victoria on Saturday. Picture: William West/AFPVictoria was yesterday forced to reimpose some COVID-19-related restrictions after the state suffered its worst day of new cases in more than two months.
“I want to make it really clear that we have seen some families who have not done as they have been asked,” he said. “We have seen some families who perhaps through a sense of frustration and their hope that this is over, they have pretended that it is.”
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