One additional active case of coronavirus has been recorded for Casey City, according the state’s latest health statistics.
As of 18 May figures, infections rose to 57 in Casey with just one active case.
Across the southeast, Dandenong and Cardinia council areas recorded 16 cases respectively – with zero active cases.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in Victoria stood at 1567, a net increase of six in the past 24 hours.
The death toll remained at 18 with five patients in ICU.
There are eight new cases since Sunday 17 May – however two cases were removed from the overall total due to reclassification.
New cases include a single case of coronavirus in a resident of the Villa Maria Aged Care facility in Bundoora.
Residents and families are all being informed, and the department is working closely with the facility to ensure appropriate public health actions have been taken, including isolation, quarantine and cleaning.
A further case has also been linked to the McDonald’s Fawkner outbreak, with the total number of cases in that outbreak now at 12. This case relates to a delivery driver who is a close contact of an existing case linked to the cluster.
McDonald’s has closed twelve restaurants in the state’s north-west as a result of this case to undergo deep cleaning.
Another news case has been linked to the Sunshine Hospital outbreak, with a close contact of a known case returning a positive result. Both the existing known case and this new case remain in home isolation. The total number linked to this outbreak is now three.
Of the remaining cases three were detected among returned travellers in mandatory hotel quarantine and two are still under investigation.
There are no new cases linked to the Cedar Meats outbreak – with the total number of cases currently linked to this cluster remaining at 99.
Meanwhile, Victoria Police officers fined 11 people in the past 24 hours for breaching social distancing rules including a group of friends having a party at a short term rental property.
