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Victoria has recorded its highest daily coronavirus case total for this current outbreak, as Melburnians mark their 200th day in lockdown.
The state recorded 57 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Thursday from more than 49,600 tests.
Many of the cases stem from people getting their mandated tests on day 13 of their quarantine period, including people linked to Al Taqwa college. Of Thursday’s cases, 44 were in isolation for their entire infectious period.
Authorities are investigating the acquisition source for three cases, the remaining 54 have been linked to current outbreaks.
The figures come after health authorities expressed increasing concern about the virus spreading in St Kilda. The Department of Health has urged all residents of Glen Eira and Port Phillip to get tested for COVID-19, regardless of whether they have symptoms.
On Wednesday, Victoria’s COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said there were 15 unlinked cases in the south-eastern suburbs in recent days.
He said the mystery cases were focused around Middle Park and Caulfield North, and they were all genomically linked, but the only other factor that linked them was geography.
