BREAKING Victoria has recorded 37 new cases of coronavirus and six additional deaths. It is the lowest daily increase since June 26, when Victoria recorded just 30 cases.
The six people who died were all in aged care; two women and one man aged in their 80s and two women and one man in their 90s.There are now 1251 active cases of COVID-19 in Victoria, including 126 people in hospital, nine of whom are in intensive care, six of them on ventilators.
A strong police presence was building at Fitzroy Gardens on Saturday. Riot squads moved into the inner-Melbourne park. Anti-lockdown protestors arrived at the park in groups of two on Saturday, but had not formed a cohesive group by the time the protest was set to start at 11am. Police were stopping couples and singles walking through the area to ask why they were outside their homes and checking permitted worker permits.Meanwhile, a man and woman trying to get away for a weekend escape on the Mornington Peninsula are among those fined by police for breaking COVID-19 restrictions.Another man was caught travelling 45 kilometres between Ascot Vale and Keysborough to “pick up a mattress he found cheap on Facebook”, according to a Victoria Police spokeswoman.
There were 2053 vehicles stopped at checkpoints on Friday, with five fines handed out by police at these locations.Our weekly newsletter will deliver expert analysis of the race to the White House from our US correspondent Matthew Knott. Sign up for
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