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The latest figures from the Department of Health and Human Services confirm there are no new or active COVID-19 cases in central Victoria.
It has been over a month since the region saw a new, active case: the last was reported in Greater Bendigo on September 11.
That was before four cases were removed from the municipality's tally, which could have been due to reclassification.
The last day a case remained active in central Victoria was September 29, in Macedon Ranges Shire.
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PREMIER Daniel Andrews says a Melbourne truck driver who brought COVID-19 to Shepparton will be referred to Victoria Police.
Three coronavirus cases have been found in Greater Shepparton after a Melburnian travelled through the regional city on September 30.
Mr Andrews confirmed it was the same person who brought COVID-19 to Kilmore.
That person - a truck driver who was permitted to travel to regional Victoria for work - was linked to the Chadstone cluster in Melbourne.
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The premier said authorities were quick to act after one person at a Shepparton tyre shop tested positive to coronavirus on Tuesday afternoon.
Twelve workers in the shop were tested immediately, with another two workers testing positive to the virus.
Health authorities have started extensive contact tracing, with a number of Shepparton sites now deemed as high-risk locations.
Additional testing sites have been set up in the Shepparton area. Authorities have urged anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 to get tested.
Mr Andrews said it was disappointing the Melbourne driver didn't disclose his time in Shepparton after he told contact tracers he had been in Kilmore.
"You don't get in trouble if you tell the full story, I want to make that clear to people," Mr Andrews said. "You potentially do get into trouble if you don't.
"By trouble, I am not just talking about a fine but there are infections in Shepparton today that we know of and there is almost certainly going to be more that were all completely preventable if this individual had told the full story.
"He wouldn't have gotten into trouble for telling the whole story. It is only when you don't that we all have problems. We all have a challenge that is greater than it should be."
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Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said he was confident regional Victorians would stop the spread of the outbreak.
"I have no doubt that the people of Shepparton will step up in full and will get on top of this because everyone will come forward to do the testing that we're asking of them, and they will quarantine and their families will quarantine at the same time if they have gone to the close contact sites," Professor Sutton said.
"In terms of getting all of that information, if there is any doubt about the full account that people are giving, there are powers in the Public Health and Wellbeing Act for me to request information, demand information, for the purpose of assessing a public health risk.
"I will consider that in circumstances where that might not be forthcoming."
Mr Andrews confirmed three of the seven new COVID-19 cases recorded in Victoria were from the Shepparton cluster.
There were also another five coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, with four of those deaths linked to an aged care setting.
Mr Andrews said there were 23 people in hospital but no one in the state was receiving intensive care.
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THREE active COVID-19 cases have been found in Greater Shepparton.
The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the three cases were self-isolating and being monitored by Goulburn Valley Health.
Authorities have started extensive contact tracing, with a number of Shepparton places now deemed as high-risk locations.
It comes as the state recorded seven new coronavirus cases and five deaths on Wednesday.
Shepparton locations now deemed high-risk include the Central Tyre Service on Welsford Street from September 30, Shepparton's Bunnings Warehouse on the Midland Highway from October 2, and McDonalds Shepparton North from October 3.
The full list of high-risk locations can be found at dhhs.vic.gov.au/case-locations-and-outbreaks
Additional testing sites have been set up in the Shepparton area. Authorities have urged anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 to get tested.
The advice came as the state recorded seven new coronavirus cases and five deaths on Wednesday.
The latest figures bring the rolling 14-day case average for metropolitan Melbourne to 9.6.
The rolling average for regional Victoria sits at 0.6, with the rolling state average at 10.1.
There were also 14 mystery cases listed in metropolitan Melbourne in the past 14 days.
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