The staggering number of new COVID-19 cases in Victoria – 191 yesterday and 134 today – are bad, but another figure is even more alarming.
Eighty per cent of the infections recorded on Tuesday, or 154, are being classified as ‘under investigation’ – meaning health authorities aren’t sure of the source of the spread.
“Once community transmission takes hold, it is almost impossible to control the spread with the currently implemented measures,” Dr Polyakov said. “It is possible there has been seeding of infection to other states, and silent epidemic growth which has not yet being detected,” she said. Mr Andrews conceded the situation has become “unsustainable” and the surge in infections meant there weren’t enough health workers to conduct contact tracing.
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