By Luke Voogt
Colac’s known active COVID-19 cases reached zero on Monday bringing the G21 region’s active cases to nil for the first time in 93 days.
The region, including greater Geelong, Queenscliff and the Colac Otway, Surf Coast and Golden Plains shires, last recorded zero active cases on July 5.
The three-month achievement comes after Geelong hit zero cases for the first time in 85 days last Monday, September 28, following a peak of 180 on August 10.
A Colac resident in intensive care at University Hospital Geelong, due to contracting COVID-19, tested negative for the disease on Monday, a Barwon Health spokesperson confirmed.
But the patient remained in a critical condition despite no longer having the disease, the spokesperson said.
Barwon Health also warned Anglesea residents to remain vigilant after testing 291 people in response to the discovery of COVID-19 traces in the town’s sewerage last month.
“The pop-up testing site in Anglesea will close today at 6pm,” the spokesperson said.
“The laboratory testing process is still underway and to date we have no positive cases identified; this is great news for the community.
“We urge the community to … get tested should they have even the most minor of symptoms to help us proactively respond to any potential COVID-19 clusters or spikes.”
Victoria recorded 15 new cases yesterday, with two reclassified, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Eight of the new cases are linked to outbreaks while the rest remain under investigation.
Victoria’s active cases dropped by 11 to 216 yesterday, with just three active cases in regional Victoria, including two in Mitchell Shire and one in East Gippsland.
A woman in her 90s died prior to yesterday after contracting COVID-19 from an aged care outbreak, bringing the state’s death toll to 807.
The average new daily cases diagnosed in the past 14 days is 10.6 for Melbourne and 0.3 for regional Victoria.
The total cases from an unknown source in the past 14 days is 13 for Melbourne and zero for regional Victoria.
According to DHHS, 19,149 people have recovered from COVID-19 and 2,763,802 test results have been received.
