Nervous Victorians are wincing at the prospect of a new COVID outbreak in Melbourne after the cluster linked to the Holiday In quarantine hotel grew to eight after another two cases were recorded overnight.
The two new cases are returned travellers that tested positive to the virus after leaving the quarantine hotel. They are believed to have been infected by other guests during their mandatory 14-day stay.
Authorities believe that all of the cases identified have been linked to a single floor at the hotel and likely infected via aerosol transmission.
