VIC records 11 new COVID cases

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Victoria has recorded another 11 new locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours to go alongside the 29 cases recorded on Saturday and the 11 recorded on Sunday:

VIC local COVID cases

Delta stubbornness.

According to the DHS, “the 11 new locally-acquired cases are all linked, and one has been in quarantine throughout their infectious period”.

No source of acquisition has yet been confirmed for either of Victoria’s two latest community outbreaks.

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There are currently 99 recorded active COVID cases across the state:

VIC active COVID cases

Rising again.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday warned that it is too soon to consider ending the sixth lockdown as scheduled on 12 August, adding that it is concerning that the source of the two infections that caused the latest clusters have yet to be identified.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.