Victoria has recorded two new locally acquired cases of coronavirus as the state’s “snap lockdown” enters its fourth day.
The two new cases were announced on Tuesday morning and come from almost 24,000 tests processed.
There were also an additional two cases in hotel quarantine, bringing the total number of active cases in and out of hotel quarantine in the state to 25.
It comes after Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday said it was “too soon” to say whether the state’s snap five day lockdown would end on Wednesday night as initially planned.
He said he would have to wait to get advice on the lockdown in the coming days.
“I’d love to be able to be absolutely definitive on Monday morning about what will happen on Wednesday night, but that wouldn’t be honest. We have to let this unfold. I know it’s painful and challenging but you want the most contemporary picture,” he said.
Meanwhile, residents at the Holiday Inn on Flinders Lane, especially for Covid-positive patients will be transferred to another hotel after water damage over the weekend.
Residents are being transfered to alternative health hotels while repairs are being conducted after sprinklers went off and damaged four floors of the building.
It is unrelated to the outbreak at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport, which led that hotel to being shutdown.
More to come.
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