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THE single new COVID-19 case in Victoria's hotel quarantine system is a boy under the age of five.
A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed the boy's parents were also diagnosed with coronavirus.
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The parents were interviewed through the quarantine process and no further public health actions were required, the spokesperson said.
Earlier
THERE is one new internationally-acquired COVID-19 case in Victoria
Department of Health and Human Services data released on Sunday showed the new active case was in hotel quarantine.
There were zero new locally-acquired cases.
The case brings the total number of active coronavirus cases in Victoria's hotel quarantine system to six, after five new coronavirus cases were reported on Saturday.
DHHS also reported there have been no coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours. There have been 820 Victorians who have died from the virus.
In the past 24 hours, 6233 people were tested for coronavirus.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton on Saturday said the COVID-19 cases were to be expected from the hotel quarantine program.
"The likelihood of a positive case will vary depending on which country someone has arrived from, but we would expect to see at least a similar rate of positive cases being diagnosed in the coming weeks," Professor Sutton said.
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Tara Cosoleto
Journalist covering courts and general news at the Bendigo Advertiser.
Journalist covering courts and general news at the Bendigo Advertiser.
