VICTORIA'S LATEST COVID-19 NUMBERS
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* 177 new cases, the eighth day in a row of triple-digit increase
* 3967 in total across Victoria, with 1612 active
* 72 patients in hospital, 17 in intensive care
* 25 cases connected to known outbreaks
* 151 under investigation
* One case from hotel quarantine
* 1,148,357 tests done since testing began
THE NEW CASES INCLUDE:
* Six cases at the LaManna supermarket in Essendon
* 12 from Somerville Meats outbreak
* Eight cases linked to Cenvic Construction at Riverina Apartments in Footscray
* 26 cases linked to Menarock Life aged care facility in Essendon, making it the biggest aged care cluster of coronavirus in Victoria to date
* 13 cases linked to Glendale aged care facility in Werribee
* 144 cases linked to the Al-Taqwa College outbreak
* Two cases linked to Japara Aged Care in Windsor
PUBLIC HOUSING TOWERS:
* 242 cases in various public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington, with investigations into the outbreak continuing
* 32 cases are residents of various public housing towers in Carlton
FINES:
* Victoria Police have conducted almost 2500 spot checks at homes, businesses and public places and fined 133 people.
* About 9500 vehicles were inspected at checkpoints on main arterial roads and 22 fines handed out.
Australian Associated Press