Foot traffic in Melbourne's CBD is reaching levels not seen since the early days of the pandemic last year, as Victoria records its 13th straight day with no new locally acquired coronavirus cases.
Key points:
- There have been four new cases detected in hotel quarantine
- Ten Sydney local government areas remain on Victoria's list of red zones
- Police say most of the 40,000 fines issued since the start of the pandemic remain unpaid
Of the 15,574 test results received in Victoria on Monday, there were four new cases in the hotel quarantine program and no new locally acquired cases.
Between 8:00am and 9:00am on Monday, 807 pedestrians were recorded at the Flinders Street Station underpass, according to City of Melbourne data.
It marks the highest pedestrian count for the morning peak period since April 2020.
The average pedestrian activity across the entire City of Melbourne was up by 9.4 per cent compared to the previous three weeks, but still down by 53.9 per cent on the same time last year.
Residents in Sydney red zones face ongoing wait
From 6:00pm last night, people across most parts of Greater Sydney were able to return home, after the regions were downgraded to "orange" under Victoria's traffic-light system.
But 10 local government areas (LGAs) remain red zones, as Victorian authorities monitor active cases and wastewater testing results from those zones.
Some Victorian residents stuck in red zones in Sydney have expressed frustration this week as they watched international tennis players arrive in Melbourne, while restrictions prevented them from returning home from New South Wales.
Victoria Police says unpaid COVID-19 fines will be prosecuted
Since the pandemic began in Victoria, around 40,000 fines have been issued by police for alleged breaches of the Chief Health Officer's directives.
Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent said on Monday most of those fines were still unpaid.
"I can say approximately 3,000 have been paid, another 5,700 approximately have accepted guilt and are on a payment plan," he said.
He said more than 2,000 other cases would go before the courts.
Deputy Commissioner Nugent said Victoria Police would apply its usual processes to the remaining 30,000 cases.
He said he did not know how many fines had been withdrawn by police, but refuted reports the force had told officers to hand out caution notices instead of proceeding with prosecutions for a large number of unpaid fines.
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