A large group of people partying at a short-term rental property in Melbourne's south-west were among 88 people fined by police on Monday for breaching coronavirus guidelines.
As the state recorded 270 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, police said 24 fines had been issued on Monday at vehicle checkpoints set up to monitor those travelling between the lockdown zone of Greater Melbourne and Mitchell Shire and regional Victoria.
A total of 24,956 vehicles were checked on Monday by Victoria Police on main arterial roads, and more than 5000 spot checks were conducted on people at home, businesses and public places. Fifty-seven Frankston police officers were isolating on Monday after two colleagues tested positive to COVID-19, while an officer in Swan Hill was also in self-isolation after his wife was diagnosed with the virus.On Tuesday, a police spokesman said the total number of officers in the state who were self-isolating was difficult to pinpoint because the figure was changing by the hour as test results came in and officers returned to work after receiving a negative result.
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