More than 29,000 test results are returned during the past 24 hours, detecting two new cases.
There were two new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in Victoria in the 24 hours to midnight last night, as well as six cases in hotel quarantine.Six cases in hotel quarantine were recorded during the same periodMore than 29,000 test results were returned during that time period and 19,940 vaccinations were adminstered at the state-run centres.
Contact tracers are working to contain the spread of two separate variants of the virus — Kappa, which was first picked up in Victoria's outbreak, and the more infectious Delta, which had not been detected in the Australian community before. Yesterday, leading infectious diseases expert Sharon Lewin said her "strongest hypothesis" was that the Delta strain picked up during Victoria's outbreak had come from hotel quarantine.
There are now 72 infections linked to the outbreak, including at least one person who has now recovered from COVID-19. Close to 400 exposure sites have now been listed as health authorities attempt to get ahead of the virus.
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