Victoria has recorded another 11 coronavirus deaths, taking the state toll to 694 and the national figure to 781, with a spike in new cases of 76.
Victorians are now fixated on the two-week case average, a key indicator for the government's"roadmap" out of the state's second wave of COVID-19.The state health department confirmed metropolitan Melbourne's 14-day average has hit 78.6 despite new infections lifting slightly to 55 on Tuesday.
Epidemiologist Adrian Esterman is predicting Victoria should be down to 20 cases a day in two weeks if current trends continue. "They may have some insights into what we can expect to confront. Not right now, but in three weeks, four weeks, five weeks time."Asked if the NSW contact tracing system could have contained Victoria's hotel quarantine outbreak, federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said:"Yes, that's my belief."
Meanwhile, regional Victoria's 14-day average is sitting at 4.9 - below its"third step" threshold, which also requires a fortnight without a"mystery" case.
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