BREAKING Victoria has recorded 74 new cases of coronavirus, with Premier Daniel Andrews announcing hardship payments for thousands of public housing residents in 'hard lockdown'
Mr Andrews said a record 21,500 Victorians were tested in a single day on Saturday, with almost a million tests having taken place so far in the state.Credit:Of the new cases, 16 have been traced to known outbreaks, one is a returned traveller in hotel quarantine, four were from tests carried out at testing locations or GPS, and the rest are under investigation.
The restrictions on the residents of these buildings are tighter than the stay-at-home orders in place in 12 Melbourne postcodes, where people can only leave to go to work or study, to provide care, to buy groceries or to get exercise. More than 27 cases have so far been detected among 12 households in the large public housing towers. The source of the cluster is not yet known and hundreds of residents may have already been exposed to the virus in the close confines of the flats.a message for those residents: this is not about punishment but protection,” he said.
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