Victoria records one new coronavirus case as Melburnians flee the city - The Age

Victoria recorded one new local case of COVID-19 on Saturday, as the state’s regional and metropolitan areas were reunited for the first weekend in three weeks under eased coronavirus restrictions.

The health department confirmed the new locally acquired case was a primary close contact of an existing case, and had been in quarantine throughout his infectious period.

Two new cases were reported in overseas arrivals now in hotel quarantine. More than 30,800 tests were received and 17,800 vaccine doses were administered by state authorities in the past 24 hours.

There are now 51 active cases case across Victoria - down from 94 active cases less than two weeks ago.

The Age can reveal footage that could have explained how the Delta variant of COVID-19 seeped into Melbourne was deleted before it could be analysed, according to two health and government sources speaking anonymously because they were not permitted to do so publicly.

Alfred Health, which runs the hotels where infected people stay during their time in the quarantine system, deleted the tapes before authorities identified the first case in the outbreak and began investigating. The group’s policy is to clear all CCTV footage after about two weeks.

Meanwhile, metropolitan residents have fled the city this weekend, after Victorian restrictions eased to allow travel between the city and the regions for the first time since late May.

But new rules require Melbourne visitors to Victoria’s alpine resorts to have evidence of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of departing the city to enter the ski fields. Children under two are not included.

Rob Aivatoglou, who runs George’s ski hire in the heart of the Mount Buller village said there was “no doubt that the COVID test has deterred some customers”.

Victoria recorded one new local case on Friday: a primary close contact of an existing case linked to the Southbank townhouse complex.

No new exposure sites were added overnight, as the newly COVID-positive woman lives at the locked-down Kings Park apartments had spent her infectious period in isolation.

A week before statewide lockdown started on May 27, COVID-19 cases in Victoria were growing at a rate of 10 per cent to 30 per cent a week, Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng revealed on Friday.

Speaking to the public accounts and estimates committee, Professor Cheng said a sharp intervention such as a lockdown was therefore needed to bring the ‘Reff’ number well below one.

The ‘Reff’ number describes on average how many people are infected by a single person.

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