By Brendan Rees
Active Covid-19 cases have taken a drop in Casey City – with six current infections confirmed, according to the state’s latest health data.
The city’s overall tally stood at 70, the 10 June figures revealed.
In the past 24 hours, Victoria’s cases rose by four to 1691. Of them, 1616 have recovered. In nearby council areas, Greater Dandenong’s total tally remained steady on 18 and Cardinia 16 with zero active cases respectively.
There have been 179 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Victoria that have been acquired through unknown transmission. Currently nine people are in hospital, including two patients in intensive care.
One new case was detected in a staff member already in quarantine as part of the management of the Rydges on Swanston outbreak – bringing the outbreak to 14.
A new case has been detected in a client of Scope Disability Services, at a day service in Chelsea.
All close contacts of the client, including staff members and clients of the facility, are being tested and required to quarantine. The facility has been closed and will remain shut at least until Thursday 11 June to undertake a deep clean and other public health actions.
The two other new cases were detected via routine testing and have not been linked to any known outbreaks at this stage.
