By Luke Voogt
Geelong has just three known active COVID-19 cases, with Colac’s tally dropping by four yesterday to 16, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Regional Victoria recorded no new cases on Wednesday with 28 new cases in metropolitan Melbourne, marking the lowest daily increase across the state in almost three months.
A net increase of 27, after one case was reclassified, brought the total cases in Victoria since the pandemic began to 19,970.
Of the new cases, 14 are linked to outbreaks or complex cases and 14 are under investigation.
DHHS reported eight new deaths yesterday, including six linked to aged care outbreaks, bringing Victoria’s COVID-19 death toll to 745.
The deaths included a woman aged in her 60s, two men aged in their 80s and three women and two men aged in their 90s. Four of the deaths occurred prior to Wednesday.
Regional Victoria had 33 active cases as of 11.59pm on Wednesday, down four on 37 on Tuesday, while currently metropolitan Melbourne has 907 active active cases.
The average new daily cases in the past 14 days for metropolitan Melbourne is 44.4 and 2.9 in regional Victoria.
Currently 97 Victorians are in hospital after contracting COVID-19, including 12 in intensive care, while 18,217 have recovered from the virus.
A total of 2,535,134 test results have been received across Victoria, an increase of 14,247 since yesterday.
