Victoria was notified of 15 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. All are locally acquired cases.
There are 148 active cases in Victoria - 146 locally acquired and two overseas acquired cases.
There are two COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria.
The total number of confirmed cases in Victoria since the beginning of the pandemic is 21,098.
Update: Outbreaks
Of the 15 new locally acquired cases, with the sources of infection under investigation for four cases. Eight were in quarantine throughout their infectious period.
The locally acquired cases include:
- Four cases linked to Al-Taqwa College - three are household contacts of positive cases and one is a student.
- Two cases linked to the City of Hobsons Bay outbreak - both are household contacts of positive cases linked to the Newport-West Footscray football match.
- One case is a household contact of a staff member who worked at Caroline Springs Square Shopping Centre.
- One case is a household contact of an existing case in the City of Melbourne outbreak.
- One case is a household contact of the West Brunswick case reported yesterday.
- One case is a household contact of yesterday's Glenroy cases and is a student at another primary school.
There were four cases yesterday where investigations are continuing into the possible source of infection:
- One case lives in Wyndham Vale
- One case lives in Roxburgh Park
- One case lives in Middle Park
- One case attends Glenroy West Primary School (plus one additional household contact of this case is also in the reported numbers).
There are more than 400 exposure sites in Victoria and that number continues to grow.
Please check the website for all exposure sites and the dates and times of exposure at Case alerts - public exposure sites.
The Department regularly manages exposure sites that it doesn't publish online, particularly if these sites represent lower-risk exposures, or if they have comprehensive record-keeping and contact tracing measures, or if they identify small, private locations - including smaller apartment or townhouse complexes.
We continue to ask every Victorian to check exposure sites regularly, as they are subject to change based on follow-up interviews and further investigation.
Update: Vaccinations
Yesterday, 27,427 vaccine doses were administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services - the highest number of vaccinations delivered at Victorian state-run clinics in a single day.
Around 100,000 vaccine doses have been administered in the state-run system since Monday.
The total number of doses administered through these services is 1,896,075.
Today the Victorian Government announced the aim to administer one million COVID-19 vaccination doses in the next five weeks through sites operating with extended hours, an additional 150 vaccination booths coming online and new drive-through vaccination sites to be established in Wyndham, Melbourne's south-east and in the Hume-Whittlesea area.
More details about today's announcement can be found at One million reasons for Victorians to get vaccinated.
Victorians aged between 18 and 39 can attend a state-run vaccination centre to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine should they provide informed consent.
Over the past four days, we have administered 31,000 AstraZeneca doses at our state-run clinics compared to 18,000 AstraZeneca doses administered over the same period last week.
There are around 275,000 vaccination bookings available for the next four weeks. In the past 24 hours, 94,000 bookings have been made. Anyone who is eligible for vaccination is urged to come forward and book in.
There has been an excellent response to the new Melton drive-through vaccination site with more than 900 doses administered this week. More than 650 bookings are scheduled at the drive-through clinic this week.
Victoria's online booking system is now live at Book your vaccine appointment
