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A Bendigo Health spokesperson said the two COVID-19 cases recorded today on the Department of Health website are being investigated by the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit.
The spokesperson said the cases are known to be linked to Melbourne clusters.
"Both cases are isolating, their close contacts have been quarantined and will be tested as required," they said.
Earlier
TWO new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Greater Bendigo.
Data from the Department of Health showed one new case in the 3551 postcode, while the second case was listed in the 3550 postcode.
The new cases bring the total number of active cases in Greater Bendigo to seven.
There were also an additional two cases recorded in the Mount Alexander Shire, bringing active case numbers in that region to eight.
A further five cases were recorded in the Macedon Ranges Shire (37 in total), while two were listed in the Gannawarra Shire (seven in total) and another two in the Campaspe Shire (four in total).
The new central Victorian cases were among the 73 new regional cases recorded on Monday.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the new cases brought the total number of active cases in regional Victoria up to 483.
There were 498 people in Victorian hospitals with COVID-19, with 96 people receiving intensive care and 59 people on ventilators.
Four people with COVID-19 have died. They were a woman in her 70s from Hume, a woman in her 60s from Hume, a man in his 60s from Manningham, and a man in his 80s from Moreland.
About 82.8 per cent of Victorians over the age of 16 have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 52.5 per cent are fully vaccinated.
Professor Sutton said authorities would begin listing only the highest risk exposure sites on the department of health website.
"We have to focus our efforts where we will get the most bang for buck," he told reporters.
"We are contacting every case and close household contacts are being quarantined. We are doing well on those metrics.
"People can't go through a hundred pages of tier two exposure sites online - they simply won't.
"It's not an effective use of all of that energy and human resources that can be put into the best and most effective interventions, which relate to household transmission and transmission of those close contacts.
"You will see we will be publishing the highest risk tier sites as well as letting households know and businesses know what they need to do for those particular higher risk exposures."
The COVID-19 exposure site list can be found here.
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