By Brendan Rees
A new Covid-19 infection has been reported in City of Casey since yesterday.
The council area’s cases now total 68, with 11 active cases.Until two weeks ago, the curve had been flattened in the council area with zero active cases.
Elsewhere in the southeast, Greater Dandenong had a total of 18 cases with two active infections while Cardinia had 16 cases and zero active cases.
State-wide, there have been 1663 cases with 10 new cases reported in the 24 hours to 2 June. Of them, 1563 people have recovered.
Confirmed community transmissions stand at 169.
Nine Covid-19 patients are in hospital including two in intensive care. Nineteen Victorians have died of the virus.
Four new cases have been linked to the outbreak at quarantine hotel Rydges on Swanston in Melbourne, bringing the total for this outbreak to 12. The new cases are all close contacts of existing cases.
As a result of this outbreak the returned travellers have been relocated to another hotel to ensure they can be looked after safely and comfortably. This action was taken because most staff and contractors working at the hotel have been required to self-isolate.
One of the new cases has been linked to a staff member at Embracia Aged Care in Reservoir.A new case has also been detected in a staff member at Macleod Preschool in Macleod who attended community testing after displaying symptoms. The source of transmission for this case is under investigation.
Close contacts of the staff member, including some colleagues and a number of children associated with the preschool, will be contacted and placed into quarantine. The preschool has been closed for at least today so a deep clean can be undertaken, alongside contact tracing, isolation, quarantine and disinfection.
