“What I’m a little bit concerned about is being well-advanced now - we’re almost two and a half to three weeks into this outbreak - but we’re still finding new branches,” he said.
“My personal view is that there are certainly more cases out there, I think we’re talking very small numbers, but we really need to track them down,” he said.
Victorian COVID-19 testing commander Jeroen Weimar.Credit:Asanka Ratnayake
“I think I’m a little bit concerned that testing numbers are starting to drop, and I would I think whilst we’re still dealing with new cases emerging, I would really encourage everyone to help us keep those testing numbers up.”
Investigations into the acquisition source of the positive Reservoir family of four and the Melton couple who travelled to Queensland - all genomically linked to the Kappa variant - are continuing.
Mr Weimar said it looked increasingly like the Melton couple were coming to the end of their infectious period when they tested positive for COVID-19.
“I’d ask people to check those new tier 2 exposure sites, and it goes back to the conversation from earlier, we believe there are other branches (of the virus) that may be out there that we have not yet
There were 15,110 test results received on Friday and 20,660 vaccines administered. Three cases were reported in hotel quarantine on Saturday bringing the state’s number of active cases to 74.
The Department of Health also added 19 new exposure sites late on Friday, including a takeaway shop at Southern Cross Station, a souvlaki shop in Thornbury, and a medical centre, service station and chemist in Taylors Hill.
There were just over 130 exposure sites on Saturday morning.
Traces of the virus have been found in wastewater unexpectedly across Bendigo, in the Glenroy-Pascoe Vale area and in some eastern suburbs in the local government areas of Whitehorse, Manningham and Monash in recent days.
The health department is urging anyone in those areas with COVID symptoms to get tested immediately.
Western Australia reclassified Victoria as a ‘low risk’ state from 6pm Friday, but Victorians making the trip will still need to isolate for 14 days.
Victorians will also have to complete a G2G pass confirming they do not have COVID-19 symptoms and undergo all virus testing requirements.
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