Victoria has recorded 15 new COVID-19 cases, as a new poll shows Melburnians want the government to immediately ditch the travel rule banning people going more than five kilometres from their homes.
Sadly, another two Victorians have died, bringing the state's coronavirus death toll to 800.
Thursday's figures bring the state's 14-day average, tied to the next stage of easing lockdown restrictions, to 15.9 cases per day. For Melbourne to move to step three of the government's road map out of lockdown, the 14-day average needs to be five or less.
Previous trigger points relied on the crucial 14-day average of cases in Melbourne but moving to step three will be dependent on the average for all of Victoria.
There also have to be fewer than five "mystery" cases statewide – those without a known source of infection – over the prior two weeks for restrictions to be eased further.
But Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has a message of hope for those fretting on Victoria's chances of cracking the crucial five-cases-a-day threshold. It's the mystery cases that matter, he said.
Professor Sutton said he and his colleagues were now placing greater weight on the "story" behind each diagnosis. He said the raw daily case numbers were now less important for the big-picture decisions than the origin of each individual infection and whether it could be tracked and traced.
Meanwhile, the results of a snap SMS poll show Melburnians believe they should now be allowed to travel more than five kilometres from their homes.
A Roy Morgan survey of 2223 Victorians on Monday and Tuesday showed more people support lifting three key lockdown restrictions now than two or three weeks ago, with 61 per cent of respondents wanting the five-kilometre travel rule to be immediately axed, up 11 percentage points from two weeks ago.
The biggest shift in consensus was on the topic of indoor dining – 56 per cent of those surveyed said Melbourne restaurants, pubs and cafes should be allowed to offer table service, up 19 percentage points from three weeks ago.
And 59 per cent said Melbourne residents should be able to visit the homes of their immediate family members, up 4 percentage points from two weeks ago.
Victoria recorded 13 new cases of coronavirus and four more deaths on Wednesday.
Two of those cases were household contacts of aged care workers from Estia Health Keilor and Edenvale Manor in Keilor East. Another two were linked to Chadstone Shopping Centre which has been identified as a new high-risk exposure site.
Warnings have been released for anyone who spent time at Coles, The Butcher Club or the Fresh Food Precinct at Chadstone between Wednesday and Saturday last week (between 6am and 6pm).
Rachael Dexter is a breaking news reporter at The Age.
Noel Towell is State Political Editor for The Age
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