Australia Corona Virus

Victoria records six new local cases of COVID-19, investigations into mystery infection continue

Source: 9news

Victoria has recorded six new local cases of COVID-19 as health authorities race to track down the source of a mystery infection detected yesterday.

The six cases were all linked to current outbreaks and were in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period.

There were seven locally-acquired cases in the reporting period to midnight, which includes the mystery case found in the traffic controller announced yesterday.

“Investigations continue into a locally-acquired case reported yesterday,” the Department of Health said on Twitter.

The man worked for two days while potentially infectious at the Moonee Valley drive-through testing site, prompting the clinic to become a Tier Three exposure site on July 25 and 26, between 7.20am and 6pm.Anyone who visited the testing clinic during these times is urged to monitor for symptoms.