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Coronavirus cases have remained steady in the City of Casey with four active cases confirmed, according to the state’s latest health data.

The figure remained unchanged in the past 24 hours as the total cases in the city reached 75.

In nearby council areas, Greater Dandenong and Cardinia each confirmed an additional case since yesterday – with four active cases recorded respectively, while Frankston had zero active cases.

It comes as Victoria’s cases rose by nine to 1741. Of them, 1664 have recovered.

There have been 184 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Victoria that have been acquired through unknown transmission.

Currently six people are in hospital, including two patients in intensive care.

Of the new cases, three are linked to known outbreaks, two are in hotel quarantine, one was detected through routine testing and three are currently under investigation. Two of the new cases have been detected through contact tracing as part the Monash Health outbreak investigation. This brings the total number of cases linked to this outbreak to six.

Another new case was detected through testing of close contacts linked to an extended family outbreak in Melbourne’s northern and south-eastern suburbs. This brings the total number of cases linked to this outbreak to 12.

The new case detected through routine testing is a student at Strathmore Primary School. The student attended the school for at least one day while infectious. The school has been closed for cleaning and all close contacts are being followed up for testing.

 

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