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Two active cases of the novel coronavirus remain in central Victoria, with no new cases recorded in the region.
The latest data from the Department of Health and Human Services, released on Monday afternoon, shows the two cases are in Macedon Ranges Shire.
The local government area has seen a total of 58 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
There are no active cases elsewhere in central Victoria, including Greater Bendigo.
The region last recorded a new case on September 19.
To date, 101 City of Greater Bendigo residents have tested positive for the virus.
Campaspe and Mount Alexander shires have each seen a total of nine cases, Loddon Shire four, Central Goldfields and Gannawarra shires two, and Buloke Shire none.
Earlier
THE number of new COVID-19 cases in Victoria has dropped to single digits, with five reported since yesterday.
It is the state's lowest daily increase in virus cases since June 11.
Three new deaths have been recorded.
It comes after Sunday's announcement of further easing of Melbourne's COVID-19 restrictions.
Regional Victoria has been reporting an average of 0.6 new cases a day for the past 14 days, with no mystery cases.
Melbourne's 14-day average is at 20.3 cases. There were 31 mystery cases in that timeframe.
There were two active cases of COVID-19 attributed to people with central Victorian addresses, as of Sunday.
Both cases were attributed to Macedon Ranges residents.
There were zero active cases attributed to people who provided Greater Bendigo addresses.
Regional Victoria had eight active cases, in total. Melbourne had 284 cases.
There was one case attributed to someone who was from overseas, interstate or of no fixed address.
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