Victoria was notified of 21 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. All are locally acquired cases.
There are 163 active cases in Victoria - 161 locally acquired and two overseas acquired cases.
There are three COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria. One case is in intensive care.
The total number of confirmed cases in Victoria since the beginning of the pandemic is 21,119.
Update: Outbreaks
Of the 21 new locally acquired cases, all are linked to current outbreaks. There were 11 cases in quarantine throughout their infectious period.
The locally acquired cases include:
- 15 cases linked to the Glenroy West Primary School - 10 cases are in a family group across three households. Two cases are students, one case is a staff member, one case is a household contact of an existing student case and one is a student from a school in Laverton with contact to a previously reported Glenroy case.
- Three cases are linked to Al-Taqwa College - a student, a staff member and a household contact of a student case.
- Two cases are household contacts of existing cases linked to the City of Hobsons Bay outbreak.
- One case is a household contact of an existing case who worked at the Caroline Springs Square Shopping Centre.
There are positive COVID-19 cases and exposure sites in multiple suburbs across metropolitan Melbourne.
Glenroy remains a key focus with 15 cases today linked to the Glenroy West Primary School, totalling 22 cases across eight households in Glenroy.
There are currently more than 14,000 primary close contacts in isolation in Victoria. The Department yesterday cleared around 650 primary close contact from earlier outbreaks.
Authorised officers, supported by the Australian Defence Force, continue to visit homes across Victoria to ensure that people are isolating correctly and are well supported. Yesterday was a record day with 1,277 visits conducted. Officers are seeing a strong level of compliance.
There are more than 450 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
In another record day for Victoria, 29,490 vaccine doses were administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services yesterday.
The total number of doses administered through these services is 1,925,864.
The Victorian Government has announced a target to administer one million COVID-19 vaccination doses in the next five weeks through 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 the Hume-Whittlesea area.
More details 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.
Anyone who is eligible to be vaccinated is strongly encouraged to make a booking.
Victoria's online booking system is now live at Book your vaccine appointment
