BREAKING: Melbourne's 14-day COVID19 rolling case average has now fallen to 18.2.
Victoria has recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the past day, up from just five cases on Monday. Seven more people have died.The goalposts have shifted slightly with the step three target for easing restrictions. For step two, the 14-day average used was based on cases in metropolitan Melbourne but for step three the average is for all of Victoria.
There also have to be fewer than five "mystery" cases statewide over the previous two weeks for restrictions to be eased further.Once the 14-day average has been driven below five and community transmission has in effect been wiped out, Melbourne can then move to step three of easing. The Victorian government has tweaked the date linked to the threshold for this next stage to October 19, one week earlier than the original roadmap.
Even if the state reaches the data targets for new cases and 'mystery cases' beforehand, the third step won't happen until then.
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