Keep track of how many active COVID19 cases there are in your postcode with our interactive map, and find out which Victorian postcodes have experienced the biggest increase in cases over the last week:
The Department of Health and Human Services has not released data on all outbreaks.The map - which will be updated if more data does become available - includes only large clusters where there has been an increase in cases over the past week. Most of the outbreaks are tied to aged care homes or workplaces.
For example, there is an outbreak at Diamond Valley Pork in Laverton North that has been tied to 29 coronavirus cases, but Laverton North is a largely industrial area and so those infected would likely live in nearby residential postcodes.The postcode with the most active cases is 3029 , with 463 active cases. It has had the highest number of active cases of anywhere in Victoria for at least a fortnight, recording a net increase of four active cases since last Thursday.
The postcode with the highest rate of active cases is Plenty, in Melbourne's north, with an active case rate of 15 cases per 1000 residents. This is likely in part because the area is home to the Aurrum Aged Care facility, the centre of an outbreak connected with 79 coronavirus cases. On Thursday there were 7866 active coronavirus cases in Victoria, down from 7877 on Wednesday and a peak of 7880 on Tuesday.
On a week-to-week basis the biggest increases in cases were in the north and west of Melbourne in postcodes 3021, 3429 and 3020 incorporating the suburbs of St Albans, Sunbury and Sunshine respectively. There were also significant jumps in Northcote and Yarraville .
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