Victoria has recorded 41 more cases of coronavirus overnight, including 15 more cases of community transmission.
Key points:
- An emergency alert has been sent to people in Keilor Downs and Broadmeadows to tell them how to get tested
- Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen said it was not necessary to make testing for people in hotel quarantine compulsory
- She said a lack of testing was not the reason “cases and outbreaks” of the virus had stemmed from some hotels being used to house returned travellers
It takes the number of cases of COVID-19 in the state to 1,987.
There are 19 cases under investigation, meaning health authorities do not yet know the source of infection.
Eight cases are linked to known outbreaks and one was detected in hotel quarantine.
Of the cases linked to known outbreaks, three are linked to a family in North Melbourne.
One is linked to the Wollert outbreak, two are linked to Albanvale Primary School, one is linked to the Stamford Plaza and one is linked to the family outbreak in Keilor Downs.
All cases except one are close contacts of people in the known outbreaks and were all in self-quarantine when they were diagnosed.
Thirteen cases have been detected through routine testing.
One case was reclassified to Victoria’s case lo