POLICE have doled out $24,785 in fines to people breaching COVID-19 restrictions south of Bendigo.
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Five people from Melbourne's lockdown zone were given the fines after police stopped for a broken down car on the Calder Freeway at about 2.20am.
Officers found two cars, one of which was broken down when they pulled over at the Macedon exit near Gisborne.
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Meanwhile, the Department of Health and Human Services has just released the latest tally of new COVID-19 cases across the state.
Twelve more Victorians have contracted the virus and one person has died.
Central Victoria's 14-day rolling average remains at 0.4.
Melbourne's is 9.3, with 10 mystery cases.
More details on those cases will be released later today.
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