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Macedon Ranges total COVID-19 cases revised down
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to the Macedon Ranges shire since the start of the pandemic has been revised down by one, to 56.
The total number of confirmed cases associated with the shire peaked at 58, in August.
It fell to 57 on September 7 and remained there until September 13, when it again rose to 58.
The total number of cases in the shire stayed at 58 until October 21, when it dipped back down to 57.
And there the total number of cases linked to the Macedon Ranges remained, until today.
The revision brings the total number of cases linked to central Victoria to 183.
That includes a total of 98 cases in Greater Bendigo, 11 in Campaspe shire, two in Central Goldfields shire, two in Gannawarra shire, five in Loddon, nine in Mount Alexander, and the 56 from the Macedon Ranges.
There were no known cases of the virus active in regional Victoria during the most recent reporting period.
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More on the South Australian case
The Department of Health and Human Services says it is working closely with South Australian health authorities regarding a case involving an aged care worker.
In its daily media release, the Victorian department said the worker lived in South Australia but had been working in Victoria.
They tested positive for COVID-19 in South Australia, as part of the state's entry screening processes.
The Department of Health and Human Services said the case was not showing symptoms and had not worked in aged care since mid-October.
"The case is likely to represent intermittent shedding following a previous infection but through an abundance of caution, and while further investigations are underway, the public health response across the two jurisdictions will align," the department said.
The aged care worker tested positive to COVID-19 in Victoria in early August.
The department said the worker isolated for the full period required.
"They recovered and were cleared of the virus later that month," the release stated.
An expert review panel determined two other cases, from which the department yesterday received positive swab results, were most likely due to persistent shedding from a previous infection.
Both individuals were recently cleared as confirmed cases of COVID-19.
"While these cases are not considered active cases, out of an abundance of caution additional testing is being undertaken and the individuals will remain in isolation until these results are received," the department said.
There remain four active cases of the virus in Victoria, all of which are in Melbourne.
Two cases are being treated in hospital. There are no cases in intensive care.
There remain no new cases and no new deaths, for a 12th consecutive day.
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Melbourne Airport Terminal 4, Melbourne Central added as exposure sites
Shopping centre Melbourne Central and a terminal at Melbourne Airport have been added to Victoria's COVID-19 exposure sites.
Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton took to Twitter to clarify the exposures were not from a Victorian case.
"Exposures below are for a case (possibly only prolonged shedding) that will be recorded as being in quarantine in South Australia," Professor Sutton's tweet said.
The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services encouraged those who were at Melbourne Central between 2pm and 5pm on November 8 and/or Terminal 4 of Melbourne Airport between 12pm and 1pm on November 9 to be alert to even the mildest symptoms and to get tested immediately and stay home if they had symptoms.
The department said the locations were not a current risk to the public, and people could continue to visit them in line with the state's COVID-19 restrictions.
Two other locations are on the list of public exposure sites, both on the Craigieburn train line.
A case travelled between Glenroy Station and Flinders Street station, inbound, from 1.45pm - 2.15pm on November 8 and outbound between the same two stations from 6.30pm - 7pm that day.
Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng said in a tweet the case linked to the exposures at Melbourne Central and Melbourne Airport was "a particularly difficult case to sort out".
The patient was being treated as potentially infectious.
Victoria's 12-day streak without any new COVID-19 cases or deaths remains unbroken.
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VICTORIA has ticked off its 12th day without new COVID-19 diagnoses.
Just four cases of the coronavirus remain active in the state.
Only one case of the virus came from a mystery source in the past 14 days.
Other news:
The state's health authorities received 19,986 COVID-19 test results in the pat 24 hours.
Victoria's rolling COVID-19 case diagnoses per day for the past 14 days sits at 0.3. All of these cases have been diagnosed in metropolitan Melbourne.
Regional Victoria's average remains at zero.
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