Victoria records three new local cases of Covid after the state FINALLY linked one of its baffling mystery infections to an unvaccinated testing site traffic controller
Victoria has reported three new local Covid-19 cases after health authorities linked the mystery case of a testing site traffic controller.
The health department confirmed three new locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning, including a previously reported infection in the Bass Coast Shire.
All three cases are linked to Victoria's current outbreaks and were in isolation for their entire infectious period.
More than 43,500 test results were received in the past 24 hours, while about 19,000 vaccine doses were administered at state-run sites during the same period.
The health department confirmed three new locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning, including a previously reported infection in the Bass Coast Shire
There are 200 active cases in Victoria, down five from Thursday.
It comes after genomic sequencing results confirmed a mystery case is linked to the current outbreaks, but it had been unclear how he got infected.
The man, who works as a traffic controller at the Moonee Valley drive-through testing site, tested positive on Wednesday.
He worked two days while infectious but his close contacts have so far tested negative.
It comes after genomic sequencing results confirmed a mystery case is linked to the current outbreaks, but it had been unclear how he got infected
The young man also visited his partner at a Newport apartment building while infectious, with residents tested and in isolation.
It's believed he had not been vaccinated despite being eligible as a frontline worker.
Meanwhile, authorities are urging people in Balwyn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Mont Albert and Surrey Hills to get tested if they have even mild symptoms after wastewater testing in the area showed virus fragments.