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Victoria recorded its lowest daily count of new coronavirus cases since June — just two new infections and zero deaths — on Friday.
And optimism is growing about the Shepparton outbreak after a testing blitz revealed no additional spread of the disease.
Friday’s figures were the state’s best result since June 8 when no cases were discovered.
Premier Daniel Andrews said Victorians had accomplished a major achievement, but more work was necessary.
“Today is a day we can be optimistic and be positive,” Mr Andrews said.
“Look at all we have achieved, we have stayed the course.
“We have made a conscious decision to defeat this second wave and we have found that in ourselves
“This is no small thing.”
Both of the new infections were from Melbourne — one in Dandenong, linked to a known case, and another in Knox.
The metropolitan Melbourne 14-day rolling average now sits at 8.7, with 17 unknown cases in the past fortnight, while the regional average remains at 0.6.
Victoria has 157 active cases.
Ten of these are healthcare workers, 14 are linked to aged care, and seven are in regional areas.
Fourteen people are in hospital with coronavirus, but none receiving intensive care.
Mr Andrews said mystery cases in the community were still a concern.
“They are not cases that are contained,” he said.
“There has to be at least one other person they contracted the virus from.”
Authorities will have processed close to 5000 tests in Shepparton by Saturday afternoon.
On Friday, numbers dwindled at Shepparton testing sites after more than 3000 locals presented on Thursday.
There are now 233 close contacts and about 150 secondary contacts in self-isolation or being monitored.
Goulburn Valley Health chief executive Matt Sharp said about 70 healthcare staff had been furloughed as a result of the “high-risk locations”.
“There’s been no impact to our services and that’s what’s important,” Mr Sharp said.
He said he hoped for a clear picture on any further infections in the next 24 to 48 hours.
“The nature of this outbreak and the high number of locations that we have promoted … was significant,” he said.
“An outbreak of this scale is much larger than we’ve had. (But) we’ve got a great amount of testing capability.”
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