The number of official COVID-19 exposure sites has jumped back above 300, including a busy petrol station on the West Gate Freeway. Our live coronavirus coverage is free for all readers. Follow with daniellamiletic1
We are approaching the time of morning when daily numbers are usually posted on social media by the health department.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton was asked about this delay during the state’s COVID-19 update yesterday. But it was more than two hours after revealing the cases that the health department tweeted again saying all local cases were linked to existing outbreaks.Professor Sutton yesterday acknowledged the delay was unfortunate and added that when he could he would ring health authorities to inform them about which cases are linked so that the information could be released simultaneously.
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