Victoria records two new local cases linked to current outbreaks - The Age

Victoria recorded two new locally acquired cases on Monday after Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton flagged the state could start seeing doughnut days again soon.

Both new cases are linked to the current outbreak and were in quarantine for their entire infectious period, the Department of Health confirmed on Twitter.

More than 21,400 tests were returned on Sunday, while 15,030 vaccine doses were administered.

The figures come after Professor Brett Sutton said Victoria will soon be able to enjoy “proper days of zero” cases, as the number of primary close contacts required to be in quarantine drops.

“We’ll get additional cases over the coming days, but they’ll get fewer and fewer,” he told reporters on Saturday.

“But at some point in time, in the next week or so, we will run out of individuals who are close contacts who could test positive, and we will have those proper days of zero again.”

Data released by the Department of Health on Sunday revealed that of 204 COVID-19 positives in Victoria since July 12, there were just 25 cases in people who had received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Only 10 were fully vaccinated, with none hospitalised due to the virus and all either asymptomatic or suffering only mild symptoms.

After Victorian health authorities declared parts of south-east Queensland a “red zone” on Saturday night, Professor Sutton said more than 5000 people who returned before the change was made would be asked to get another COVID-19 test.

He said those who returned to Victoria when parts of Queensland were declared “orange zones” would receive a message from the health department to get tested seven days after their first swab.

Victorians returning from a “red zone” must get tested immediately and isolate for 14 days.

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