A man in his 90s dies with COVID-19 in a Victorian hospital as the state records another 216 cases of coronavirus.
A man in his 90s has died with COVID-19 in a Victorian hospital, with the state recording another 216 cases of coronavirus.
About 5 million Victorians in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire are under strict stay-at-home orders after weeks of worrying transmission of the deadly virus."This is not an ordinary weekend," Premier Daniel Andrews said.Those in the lockdown zones are allowed to leave their homes for four main reasons: shopping for essential supplies, work or education, medical care or caregiving and exercise.
"Without this data and sense of how the virus is moving, you can't get to their close contacts or put in place a strategy to get them isolated at home," Mr Andrews said.
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