Contact tracers have linked 20 of the new cases to existing clusters in Melbourne's outbreak, and 18 were in quarantine while infectious.
Victoria has recorded 24 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, 18 of whom were in quarantine while infectious.Victoria processed 39,832 test results on Tuesday and delivered 27,173 vaccine doses at state-run sites.warning it was the only way out of Melbourne's current lockdown in the short-termMelbourne's lockdown, which will run until September 2, has been tightened further with the cancellation of late-night weekend public transport.
The announcement of the cancellation, which the government said was the same setting in place during last year's second wave, comes a day after playgrounds were closed and a curfew was put in place. Clinical epidemiologist Nancy Baxter, who heads the University of Melbourne's School of Population and Global Health, said the state was at a crucial point in the outbreak.
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